title: The role of lactate clearance in the resuscitation bundle.
abstract: The sepsis resuscitation bundle is the result of an effort on behalf of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to translate individual guideline recommendations into standardized, achievable goals for physicians caring for the critically ill patient. Implementation of this bundle is associated with decreased mortality. Many of the bundle items reflect components of therapy shown to improve mortality in the seminal early goal-directed therapy trial for severe sepsis and septic shock, including an initial lactate measurement. Elevations in serum lactate are associated with increased mortality, and may result from either increased lactate production or impaired lactate clearance. Lactate clearance may be an important addition to the monitoring and management bundles of patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, However, specific mechanisms of lactate clearance, the relation of lactate clearance to traditional hemodynamic parameters, and the importance of lactate clearance as a therapeutic target or monitoring tool remain unclear.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Davol 142, Providence, RI 02903, USA. anapoli@lifespan.org
authors.forename: Anthony M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Napoli
authors.forename: Todd A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Seigel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008297:Male; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D018805:Sepsis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid
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