European journal of emergency medicine : official journal of the European Society for Emergency Medicine
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Historical Article Observational Study
Elevated lactate level and shock index in nontraumatic hypotensive patients presenting to the emergency department.
The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of lactate level (LL) and shock index (SI) on the outcome in nontraumatic hypotensive patients in the emergency department, and also to show the significance of the combined usage of these two parameters. ⋯ The combination of both parameters is effective in predicting these outcome measures with higher sensitivities and NPVs. Further studies on the subject are required.