Hi Doug, High lactate exists in the subset of patients with sepsis who have established oxygen supply/ demand imbalance, so it would never be used to confirm the presence of sepsis, merely to assess severity and guide resuscitative attempts. It's not in the slightest specific to sepsis.
That said, it may help identify patients with hypoperfusion or shock prior to other clinical signs, so it does have utility at the bedside. We're using POC lactate in several of our Ambulance Services, and we intend to explore whether or not high PH lactate is predictive of outcome. BW Ron Dr Ron Daniels *Chair- UK Sepsis Trust* *Chief Executive- Global Sepsis Alliance Founding Fellow- Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine* *Suspect sepsis- save someone’s life today!* * Twitter: @Sepsis UK* On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Doug Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Is anyone using a POC Lactate device to help confirm 2 or more Early > Sepsis Symptoms? > > Thanks in Advance. > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > >
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