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Published in: Critical Care 1/2017

Open Access 01-12-2017 | Letter

Limited evidence to recommend lactate kinetics-guided therapy

Authors: Daniel O. Thomas-Rüddel, Michael Bauer

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2017

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We congratulate Zhou and colleagues on their randomized trial comparing central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2)- and lactate-driven resuscitation in septic shock [1] and would like to offer the following comments. …
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Metadata
Title
Limited evidence to recommend lactate kinetics-guided therapy
Authors
Daniel O. Thomas-Rüddel
Michael Bauer
Publication date
01-12-2017
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2017
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1752-8

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