Hello, Inquiring how other facilities are doing with physicians obtaining the second lactic acid within 6 hours if initial was > 2mmol/L? I am having some push back from our Critical Care that feel as though this leads to additional labs being drawn that they do not feel are needed as they are treating the patient based on MAP, CVP, blood pressure, etc... They do have several good points such as a patient that has liver failure and has a baseline lactic of 2.05, why continue to drawn more labs? Any ideas or processes would be appreciated. Thanks. CariAnn
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