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Lactate on emergency department arrival as a predictor of in-hospital mortality in necrotizing fasciitis: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Hyperlactatemia is known to be associated with adverse outcome in critical illness. In this study, we attempted to identify if hyperlactatemia on emergency department (ED) arrival is a reliable predictor for in-hospital mortality in necrotizing fasciitis (NF) patients. METHOD: A prospect...

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Autores principales: Chang, Chia-Peng, Fann, Wen-Chih, Wu, Shu-Ruei, Lin, Chun-Nan, Hsiao, Cheng-Ting
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30841912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13018-019-1108-y