title: Increased blood lacate levels: an important warning signal in surgical practice.
abstract: Both in emergency and elective surgical patients increased blood lactate levels warn the physician that the patient is at risk of increased morbidity and decreased changes of survival. Prompt therapeutic measures to restore the balance between oxygen demand and supply are warranted in these patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. jan.bakker@erasmusmc.nl
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bakker
authors.forename: Alex Pinto
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: de Lima
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D011379:Prognosis; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007773:Lactates