Authors respond to Both qSOFA score and bedside plasma lactate are the predictors of mortality for patients with infections in ED

Am J Emerg Med. 2017 Jun;35(6):915-916. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.03.038. Epub 2017 Mar 18.

Authors

Xianshi Zhou¹, Banghan Ding¹, Ye Ye¹, Guanghua Tang¹, Zhongde Zhang²

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China.
² Emergency Department, Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, Affiliated to Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou 510120, China. Electronic address: 3572826520@qq.com.

PMID: 28343814
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.03.038

No abstract available

Keywords: Infection; Lactate; Mortality; Predictors; Quick Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment (qSOFA).

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Lactic Acid / blood*
Organ Dysfunction Scores*
Sepsis / blood

Substances

Lactic Acid