Open AccessStudy of Significance of Serum Lactate Kinetics in Sepsis as Mortality Predictor
Author(s) -
Nidhi Agarwal,
Mit Chaudhari
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/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 - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23935
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , sofa score , mortality rate , blood lactate , gastroenterology , blood pressure , heart rate
Sepsis is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Serum lactate is being used in sepsis for diagnostic and prognostic purposes for years now. In this study, we shed light over a novel use of lactate in form of various clearance parameters to determine mortality in septic patients at the 28th day.