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SUBMITTER: Guarino M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10252479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Guarino Matteo M Perna Benedetta B Cesaro Alice Eleonora AE Spampinato Michele Domenico MD Previati Rita R Costanzini Anna A Maritati Martina M Contini Carlo C De Giorgio Roberto R
International journal of molecular sciences 20230523 11
Sepsis is a time-dependent and life-threating condition related to macro- and micro-circulatory impairment leading to anaerobic metabolism and lactate increase. We assessed the prognostic accuracy of capillary lactates (CLs) vs. serum ones (SLs) on 48-h and 7-day mortality in patients with suspected sepsis. This observational, prospective, single-centre study was conducted between October 2021 and May 2022. Inclusion criteria were: (i) suspect of infection; (ii) qSOFA ≥ 2; (iii) age ≥ 18 years; ...[more]