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Serum lactate cut-offs as a risk stratification tool for in-hospital adverse outcomes in emergency department patients screened for suspected sepsis

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  • Amith L Shetty NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Excellence, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, AustraliaEmergency Department, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kelly Thompson Division of Critical Care and Trauma, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Byth NHMRC Clinical Trial Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaResearch and Education Network, Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Petra Macaskill Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Malcolm Green Adult Patient Safety Program, Clinical Excellence Commission, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Mary Fullick Adult Patient Safety Program, Clinical Excellence Commission, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Harvey Lander Systems Improvement, Clinical Excellence Commission, Sydney South, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jonathan Iredell NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Critical Excellence, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research, Westmead, New South Wales, AustraliaInfectious Diseases and Intensive care, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Amith L Shetty; amith.shetty{at}sydney.edu.au
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Shetty AL, Thompson K, Byth K, et al
Serum lactate cut-offs as a risk stratification tool for in-hospital adverse outcomes in emergency department patients screened for suspected sepsis
BMJ Open 2018;8:e015492. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-015492

Publication history

  • Received December 14, 2016
  • Revised November 17, 2017
  • Accepted November 21, 2017
  • First published January 5, 2018.
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January 10, 2022
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