The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea.

Maciej Niczewski Szymon GawędaPaulina KluszczykMikołaj RycerskiDaria Syguła Anna DanelSzymon SzmigielKonrad MendralaAleksandra OraczewskaCzarosław KijonkaMonika NowickaMichał WitaTomasz CyzowskiGrzegorz BrożekMaciej Dyrbuś Szymon Skoczyński

Published in: Emergency medicine international (2024)

In patients admitted to the ED due to dyspnea, at risk of respiratory failure, lactate levels in arterial, venous, and mixed blood samples are independent predictors of short-term mortality.

Keyphrases

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