title: Point: should lactate clearance be substituted for central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early severe sepsis and septic shock therapy? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS. Electronic address: aejones@umc.edu.
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000628:therapy; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid; D010100:Oxygen