Lactate clearance predicts outcome after major trauma

To determine a correlation between lactate clearance within 48 h and survival in trauma patients at a Level I trauma centre in a developing country and compare to previous international lactate clearance studies. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of a prospectively collected database at a...

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Main Authors: Essi Heinonen, Timothy Craig Hardcastle, Hans Barle, David James Jackson Muckart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X14000159