Another failure in predicting sepsis outcomes in the emergency department

Am J Emerg Med. 2018 Apr;36(4):687-688. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.12.011. Epub 2017 Dec 6.

Authors

Daryelle S Varon¹, Joseph Varon²

Affiliations

¹ St. James School of Medicine, Lesser Antilles, Anguilla.
² The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA; The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Houston, TX, USA; United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Joseph.Varon@uth.tmc.edu.

PMID: 29273353
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.12.011

No abstract available

Keywords: Lactate; Outcome prediction; Platelet-lymphocyte ratio; Sepsis; Septic shock.

MeSH terms

Biomarkers / blood
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Lactic Acid / blood*
Lymphocyte Count*
Platelet Count*
Prognosis
Sepsis / blood*
Sepsis / mortality*
Shock, Septic / blood*
Shock, Septic / mortality*

Substances

Biomarkers
Lactic Acid