Open AccessLactic Acidosis During Sepsis Is Related to Increased Pyruvate Production, Not Deficits in Tissue Oxygen Availability
Author(s) -
Dennis C. Gore,
Farook Jahoor,
Jacqueline M. Hibbert,
Eric J. DeMaria
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199607000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , lactic acidosis , sepsis , acidosis , oxygen , oxygen metabolism , lactic acid , metabolic acidosis , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , bacteria , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology , genetics
The purpose of this study was to quantitate the derangements in intermediary carbohydrate metabolism and oxygen use in severely septic patients in comparison with healthy volunteers.