Blood Lactate in the Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Significance in Prognosis

Autor: GRAVEN, STANLEY N., CRISCUOLO, DOMINIC, HOLCOMB, THOMAS M.
Zdroj: American Journal of Diseases of Children; December 1965, Vol. 110 Issue: 6 p614-617, 4p
Abstrakt: A NEED EXISTS for some measurement by which the prognosis of infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) can be predicted early in the course of the disease. The concentration of lactate in the blood has been proposed as a determination which may have prognostic significance in RDS with increased concentrations occuring in the most severely involved infants.1,2 It is the purpose of this study to examine the prognostic value of lactate concentrations during the course of the RDS in premature infants. MATERIALS AND METHODS The infants included in this study were born in the Wilford Hall, US Air Force Hospital between October 1963 and December 1964. The pediatric resident present at the deliveries resuscitated the infants and assigned the Apgar ratings. All infants were transferred as soon as possible to the intensive care nursery where they were weighed and placed in an isolette with full humidity and sufficient heat
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