Lactate as a marker of energy failure in critically ill patients: hypothesis
Lactate measurement in the critically ill has been traditionally used to stratify patients with poor outcome. However, plasma lactate levels are the result of a finely tuned interplay of factors that affect the balance between its production and its clearance. When the oxygen supply does not match i...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2005
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1414013/ |