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Lactic acidosis not hyperlactatemia as a predictor of inhospital mortality in septic emergency patients
Emergency Medicine Journal, 10/14/08
Lee SW et al. - Lactic acidosis not hyperlactatemia was found to predict inhospital mortality more exactly in severe sepsis and septic shock patients. The acid-base state should be considered when attempting to predict the outcome of septic patients using serum lactate levels.
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