Blood Lactate Level for Pre-hospital Orientation of Septic Shock

Overview

In the pre-hospital setting, the severity assessment of septic shock is essential to decide the optimal initial in-hospital level of care. As clinical signs can be faulted, there is a need for an additional element in order to enhance the severity assessment and to decide in-hospital admission in the intensive care unit (ICU) or in the emergency department (ED). Point of care medical device yielding blood lactate levels since the pre-hospital setting may give an easy and valuable element for the severity assessment and the decision-making. The aim of this study is to provide clinical evidence that the pre-hospital blood lactate level predicts the 30-day mortality of patients with septic shock.

This trial is a prospective, observational, non-randomized controlled study. A total of 1000 patients requiring mobile intensive care unit intervention for a septic shock in the pre-hospital setting will be included. Pre-hospital blood lactate levels will not be taken into account to decide patients treatments and/or ED or ICU admission. In the pre-hospital setting, each patient will benefit from 2 measurements of blood lactate level: initial measurement at the first contact, and final measurement at the hospital admission with a specific point of care medical device.

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