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Point-of-care lactate testing predicts mortality of severe sepsis in a predominantly HIV type 1–infected patient population in Uganda
Moore, Christopher C.; Jacob, Shevin T.; Pinkerton, Relana; Meya, David B.; Mayanja-Kizza, Harriet; Reynolds, Steven J.; Scheld, W. Michael (Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2008)Background: Prediction of mortality may improve management and outcomes of patients with sepsis in resource-limited settings. Therefore, we evaluated the ability of a hand-held portable whole-blood lactate (PWBL) analyzer ...