Background The time course of blood lactate levels could be helpful to assess a patient's
response to therapy. Although the focus of published studies has been largely on septic …

Metabolic pathways involved in lactate metabolism are important to understand the
physiological response to exercise and the pathogenesis of prevalent diseases such as …

Objective Shock is a severe syndrome resulting in multiple organ dysfunction and a high
mortality rate. The goal of this consensus statement is to provide recommendations …

Objective: To decide whether the use of blood lactate monitoring in critical care practice is
appropriate. We performed a systematic health technology assessment as blood lactate …

Summary Background Although the King's College Hospital (KCH) selection criteria for
emergency liver transplantation in paracetamol-induced acute liver failure are widely used …

Objective: To evaluate the relative importance of increased lactate production as opposed to
decreased utilization in hyperlactatemic patients, as well as their relation to glucose …

An increased blood lactate concentration is common during physiological (exercise) and
pathophysiological stress (stress hyperlactataemia). In disease states, there is …

Objectives Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still a major cause of mortality and morbidity.
Recent trials have failed to demonstrate a beneficial outcome from therapeutic treatments …

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Alongside the kidneys and lungs, the liver has been recognised as an important regulator of
acid-base homeostasis. While respiratory alkalosis is the most common acid-base disorder …