Is lactate the "Holy Grail" of biomarkers for sepsis prognosis?

Crit Care Med. 2009 May;37(5):1812-3. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a09487.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Critical Illness / mortality
  • Critical Illness / therapy
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Lactates / blood*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Sepsis / blood*
  • Sepsis / mortality*
  • Sepsis / therapy
  • Survival Analysis

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Lactates