Lactate – a Marker for Sepsis and Trauma
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It is our pleasure to provide this EMCREG International newsletter which discusses lactate as a marker in resuscitation for sepsis and trauma. While lactate testing has been in medical arena for over a century, its utility in the emergency department for the evaluation of these potentially critically ill patients is only now being recognized. This newsletter aims to review the present literature on lactate testing in the clinical environment as it pertains to its use for emergency department patients.
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