title: Anion gap, anion gap corrected for albumin, and base deficit fail to accurately diagnose clinically significant hyperlactatemia in critically ill patients.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emmett
mesh_terms: D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000140:Acidosis, Lactic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results