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Lactate in the critically ill patients: an outcome marker with the times

Lactic acid was first discovered in human blood in 1843. Since then it has been used as a prognosticator of outcome in critical illness. Regardless of its etiology, lactate's presence and trend over time have been shown to be independently associated with mortality. Two dynamic lactate measures...

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Autor principal: Nguyen, H Bryant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388697/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152045
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10531