Serum Lactate as a Predictor of Mortality in Emergency Department Patients With Infection

Does the Lactate Level Tell the Whole Story?

  • Shapiro, Nathan I. MD, MPH
  • Howell, Michael D. MD
  • Talmor, Daniel MD, MPH

  • Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Shapiro)

    Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Howell)

    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA (Talmor)

Annals of Emergency Medicine 46(6):p 562, December 2005.
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