#167: Non-Sepsis Reasons for an Elevated Lactate

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🗓️ 19 August 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Typically when we see an elevated lactate, our minds immediately go to “This patient must have sepsis!” But, in reality, there are a lot of reasons why a patient would have an elevated lactate that have nothing to do with a systemic inflammatory response or sepsis. So, push play to learn about the non-sepsis reasons for an elevated lactate. Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Med Surg Solution - Are you looking for a more effective way to learn Med Surg? Enroll in Med Surg Solution and get lessons on 57 key topics and out-of-this-world study guides. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:37.0	Boot camp. Well, hello again, everyone. This is Nurse Mo Mo and welcome back to the Straight A Nursing Podcast.
0:57.1	I am as always so excited that you are here today for episode one sixty seven where today we're talking about all the reasons for
1:07.4	an elevated lactate and spoiler alert a lot of them have nothing to do with sepsis.
1:17.0	So before we hop into that, let's take a moment
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