Can capillary lactate improve early warning scores in emergency department? An observational, prospective, multicentre study.
Raúl López-IzquierdoFrancisco Martin-RodríguezJulio C Santos PastorJorge García CriadoLaura N Fadrique MillánVirginia Carbajosa RodríguezPablo Del Brío IbáñezCarlos Del Pozo VegasPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2020)
NEWS2 and qSOFA scores are a very useful tool for assessing the status of patients who come to the ED in general for all types of patients in triage categories II and III and for detecting the 30-day mortality risk. CL determined systematically in the ED does not seem to provide information on the prognosis of the patients.