Early lactate clearance is associated with improved outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock*

Bryant Nguyen, H.; P. Rivers, Emanuel; Knoblich, Bernhard; Jacobsen, Gordon; Muzzin, Alexandria; A. Ressler, Julie; C. Tomlanovich, Michael

doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000132904.35713.a7

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Early lactate clearance is associated with improved outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock*

Published in Critical Care Medicine • Aug 1, 2004

Authors:

H. Bryant Nguyen

Emanuel P. Rivers

Bernhard Knoblich

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Serial lactate concentrations can be used to examine disease severity in the intensive care unit. This study examines the clinical utility of the lactate clearance before intensive care unit admission (during the most proximal period of disease presentation) as an indicator of outcome in ...

Subject

Medicine

Emergency department

Septic shock

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