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Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, and Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

Comment

Michael W Donnino et al. Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec.

. 2014 Dec;42(12):e806.

doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000682.

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, and Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA; Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, and Department of Anesthesia/Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.

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Initial lactate and lactate change in post-cardiac arrest: a multicenter validation study.
Donnino MW, Andersen LW, Giberson T, Gaieski DF, Abella BS, Peberdy MA, Rittenberger JC, Callaway CW, Ornato J, Clore J, Grossestreuer A, Salciccioli J, Cocchi MN; National Post-Arrest Research Consortium. Donnino MW, et al. Crit Care Med. 2014 Aug;42(8):1804-11. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0000000000000332. Crit Care Med. 2014. PMID: 24776606 Free PMC article.
Lactate change after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: everything is in the baseline value!
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