Open AccessAn evaluation of serial blood lactate measurement as an early predictor of shock and its outcome in patients of trauma or sepsis
Author(s) -
Uma Krishna,
Suresh P. Joshi,
Mukesh Modh
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.56051
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , shock (circulatory) , outcome (game theory) , septic shock , emergency medicine , blood lactate , intensive care medicine , blood pressure , heart rate , mathematics , mathematical economics
Attainment of hemodynamic parameters to within a normal range may leave patients in compensatory shock. In such patients, serial blood lactate evaluation can be useful in predicting shock.
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