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Accuracy of Handheld Point-of-Care Fingertip Lactate Measurement in the Emergency Department

Introduction: Early recognition of elevated lactate levels in sepsis may hasten the detection of those patients eligible for aggressive resuscitation. Point-of-care (POC) testing is now increasingly available for use in the emergency department (ED). We examined the accuracy and time-saving effect o...

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Autores principales: Gaieski, David F., Drumheller, Byron C., Goyal, Munish, Fuchs, Barry D., Shofer, Frances S., Zogby, Kara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451290
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2011.5.6706