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Lactate Clearance as Mortality Predictor in PICU by Sam Aguilar Figueroa is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This study aimed to evaluate whether lactate clearance after 6 hours of admission to the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) could predict mortality in critically ill children. The researchers measured lactate levels in 76 patients at admission and 6 hours later, calculating lactate clearance. Patients were divided into two groups based on lactate clearance. Lactate clearance after 6 hours, but not initial lactate level, was found to be a significant predictor of mortality. Higher lactate clearance was ass

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Sam Aguilar Figueroa

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