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      Serum lactate is associated with mortality in severe sepsis independent of organ failure and shock.

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          Abstract

          Serum lactate is a potentially useful biomarker to risk-stratify patients with severe sepsis; however, it is plausible that elevated serum lactate is simply a manifestation of clinically apparent organ dysfunction and/or shock (i.e., refractory hypotension).

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          Journal
          Crit Care Med
          Critical care medicine
          Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
          1530-0293
          0090-3493
          May 2009
          : 37
          : 5
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. mark.mikkelsen@uphs.upenn.edu
          Article
          10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819fcf68
          19325467
          95fafed3-6df6-46e1-b7e7-eef38e57a83b
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