title: The author replies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, Jinhua Municipal Central Hospital, Jinhua Hospital of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhongheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D016638:Critical Illness / Q000401:mortality*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D019344:Lactic Acid