Elevated lactate level and shock index in nontraumatic hypotensive patients presenting to the emergency department

Cevik A. A., Dolgun H., Oner S., TOKAR B., ACAR N., ÖZAKIN E., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.22, no.1, pp.23-28, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.1097/mej.0000000000000110
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.23-28
  • Keywords: emergency, hypotension, lactate level, shock index, VENOUS LACTATE, SEVERE SEPSIS, MORTALITY, PREDICTOR
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of lactate level (LL) and shock index (SI) on the outcome in nontraumatic hypotensive patients in the emergency department, and also to show the significance of the combined usage of these two parameters.