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Effectiveness of predicting in-hospital mortality in critically ill children by assessing blood lactate levels at admission

BACKGROUND: Hyperlactatemia upon admission is a documented risk factor for mortality in critically ill adult patients. However, the predictive significance of a single lactate measurement at admission for mortality in the general population of critically ill children remains uncertain. This study ev...

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Autores principales: Bai, Zhenjiang, Zhu, Xueping, Li, Mengxia, Hua, Jun, Li, Ying, Pan, Jian, Wang, Jian, Li, Yanhong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3976355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24673817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-14-83