title: Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Serum lactate as a marker for mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department with infection.
authors.affiliation: Grand Rapids Medical Education & Research/Michigan State University, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mercier
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000097:blood* / Q000401:mortality*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019344:Lactic Acid