Prognostic Value of Serum Lactate Levels in Critically Ill Patients in an Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

The patient in critical condition, regardless of the cause of admission, continues to be a challenge for health systems due to the high mortality that it reports. There is a need to identify some marker of early obtaining, easy to interpret and with high relevance in the prognosis of these patients.

Keywords

• serum lactate
• prognosis
• intensive care unit
• hyperlactatemia
• apache