Bottom Line Up Top: A peripheral venous blood lactate can reliably be used instead of an arterial blood lactate as a marker of systemic tissue hypoperfusion and to measure response to treatment. Clinical Scenario: A 63 year old woman with ...
Background: Serial lactate measurements is a common core measure that we follow in septic shock resuscitation. A number of readers have written in enquiring about whether resuscitation with lactated ringers instead of 0.9% saline would lead to increases in serum lactate. ...
Shock is one of the most important problems with which physicians will contend with. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated by the high mortality associated with shock. Assessment of perfusion is independent of arterial pressure, in that hypotension does ...
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