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Monitoring and normalizing blood lactate levels is an important therapeutic goal in critically ill surgical patients to prevent occult hypoperfusion-related morbidity and mortality.
Both in emergency and elective surgical patients increased blood lactate levels warn the physician that the patient is at risk of increased morbidity and decreased changes of survival. Prompt therapeutic measures to restore the balance between oxygen demand and supply are warranted in these patients.
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