Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa

Lactate clearance as a prognostic marker of mortality in severely ill febrile children in East Africa

Abstract Background Hyperlactataemia (HL) is a biomarker of disease severity that predicts mortality in patients with sepsis and malaria. Lactate clearance (LC) during resuscitation has been shown to be a prognostic factor of survival in critically ill adults, but little data exist for African child...

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Main Authors: A. Aramburo, Jim Todd, Elizabeth C. George, Sarah Kiguli, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Robert O. Opoka, Charles Engoru, Samuel O. Akech, Richard Nyeko, George Mtove, Diana M. Gibb, Abdel G. Babiker, Kathryn Maitland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Hyperlactataemia
Children
Lactate clearance
East Africa
Mortality
Hospital admission
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1014-x

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