Journal article
Point-of-care lactate testing for sepsis at presentation to health care: a systematic review of patient outcomes
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Background:
Lactate is measured in hospital settings to identify patients with sepsis and severe infections, and guide initiation of early treatment. Point-of-care technology could facilitate measurement of lactate by first contact clinicians in the community, however there has been little research into its utility in these environments.
Aim:
To investigate the effect of using point-of-care lactate (at presentation to healthcare) on m...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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National Institute for Health Research
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Royal College of General Practitioners Publisher's website
- Journal:
- British Journal of General Practice Journal website
- Volume:
- 67
- Issue:
- 665
- Pages:
- e859-e870
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-30
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-07-02
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1478-5242
- ISSN:
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0960-1643
- Source identifiers:
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743620
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pubs:743620
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uuid:9a121d33-9627-4e75-8d63-c0d03695521b
- Local pid:
- pubs:743620
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-07
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- Copyright holder:
- British Journal of General Practice
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
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Copyright © 2017 British Journal of General Practice. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Royal College of General Practitioners at: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693665
"Note: Errata exist for this article, originally published and available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X693893 and https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp17X694396
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