Specialties Critical
Published Jun 6, 2022
saraclark62
100 Posts
Have you ever seen a lactate > 17? Did the patient survive?
ghillbert, MSN, NP
3,796 Posts
Seen it dozens of times. Sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't. Depends on the reason for the lactate elevation. A postop cardiac case who's hypotensive and hypovolemic is a lot more likely to survive than someone with a dead gut.