We used to do this but used a central venous blood (ie central line needed )gas only for patient on pressors to see if dobutamine or additional blood transfusion were needed following surviving sepsis campain. Found that if there is lactate clearance, the Svo2 or Svc02 is almost always greater than 70. We stopped doing it and relied more on lactate clearance.
Andre Vovan MD MBA On Nov 30, 2015 2:21 PM, "Rutherford, Richard" < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > > My hospital is considering expanding our sepsis screening so that a > VBG+Lactate is checked for every patient with a positive sepsis screen > (instead of lactate alone). Have any other hospitals done this? Does > anyone have a second set of criteria for sicker patients for whom VBG is > ordered? > > > Thanks, > > > Richard Rutherford, M.D. > Quality Medical Director, Ventura County Medical Center > 3291 Loma Vista Road, Ventura, CA 93003 > (805) 665-8234 (cell) > (805) 652-6096 (office) > > Please note that the information contained in this message and any files > transmitted with it are privileged and confidential and are protected from > disclosure under the law, including the Health Insurance Portability and > Accountability Act (HIPAA). If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited and may subject you to criminal or civil penalties. If you have > received this communication in error, please notify the sender by replying > to the message and delete the material from any computer. Thank you, Hoag > Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and its Affiliates > > _______________________________________________ > Sepsisgroups mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org > >
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