Christian Zanza, Valentina Facelli, Tastiana Romenskaya, Maria Bottinelli, Giorgia Caputo, Andrea Piccioni, Francesco Franceschi, Angela Saviano, Veronica Ojetti, Gabriele Savioli, Yaroslava Longhitano
Lactic acidosis represents one of the most common conditions that can compromise the health of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, increasing the mortality of patients with high levels of Lactate who do not receive a proper treatment within the first 6 h of hospitalization. There are two enantiomers of lactic acid: L-lactic acid (when the concentration increases, it can lead to a state of severe acidemia risking cardiovascular collapse, causing an increase in mortality in ICU patients) and D lactic acid (produced in the human organism by microbiota and its production increases during some pathological status)...
November 30, 2022: Pharmaceuticals