Prognostic relevance of serum lactate kinetics: a powerful predictor but not Chuck Norris in Intensive Care Medicine

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
³ Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. christian.jung@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.

Comment

Maryna Masyuk et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;45(8):1174-1175.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05655-5. Epub 2019 Jun 24.

¹ Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Clinic of Internal Medicine II, Department of Cardiology, Paracelsus Medical University, Müllner Hauptstraße 48, 5020, Salzburg, Austria.
³ Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Moorenstraße 5, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. christian.jung@med.uni-duesseldorf.de.

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Prognostic relevance of serum lactate kinetics in critically ill patients.
Masyuk M, Wernly B, Lichtenauer M, Franz M, Kabisch B, Muessig JM, Zimmermann G, Lauten A, Schulze PC, Hoppe UC, Kelm M, Bakker J, Jung C. Masyuk M, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Jan;45(1):55-61. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5475-3. Epub 2018 Nov 26. Intensive Care Med. 2019. PMID: 30478622
Prognostic relevance of serum lactate kinetics should be approached with caution.
Knapik P, Trejnowska E, Knapik M, Skoczyński S, Cyprys P, Cieśla D. Knapik P, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Aug;45(8):1172-1173. doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05674-2. Epub 2019 Jun 27. Intensive Care Med. 2019. PMID: 31250080 No abstract available.