Hyperlactatemia in critically ill children: The clinical value of lactate for predicting mortality in the pediatric intensive care unit

• Main Authors: Bijay Kumar Meher (Author), Devadarshini Sahoo (Author), Deepti Damayanty Pradhan (Author), Saroj Kumar Satpathy (Author), Alok Satyaprakash Nayak (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: To determine the prevalence of hyperlactatemia among critically ill children and to evaluate the clinical value of lactate levels measured at admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) to predict mortality. Methods: This prospective observational study was conducted in a tertia...