Point-of-Care Lactate Testing Predicts Mortality of Severe Sepsis in a Predominantly HIV Type 1- Infected Patient Population in Uganda | Zendy

Christopher C. Moore | Zendy; Samson T. Jacob | Zendy; Ross Pinkerton | Zendy; David B. Meya | Zendy; Harriet MayanjaKizza | Zendy; Steven J. Reynolds | Zendy; W. Michael Scheld | Zendy

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Point-of-Care Lactate Testing Predicts Mortality of Severe Sepsis in a Predominantly HIV Type 1- Infected Patient Population in Uganda

Author(s) -

Christopher C. Moore,

Samson T. Jacob,

Ross Pinkerton,

David B. Meya,

Harriet MayanjaKizza,

Steven J. Reynolds,

W. Michael Scheld

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/524665

Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , sepsis , mortality rate , odds ratio , referral , population , point of care testing , receiver operating characteristic , prospective cohort study , immunology , environmental health , family medicine

Prediction of mortality may improve management and outcomes of patients with sepsis in resource-limited settings. Therefore, we evaluated the ability of a hand-held portable whole-blood lactate (PWBL) analyzer to predict mortality of patients who are admitted to the hospital with severe sepsis.

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