ENCORE! #167: Non-Sepsis Reasons for an Elevated Lactate

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🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Every other week I'm republishing one of my most popular or impactful episodes and adding an update, new insight, or context that will help you benefit from it even more. This week I'm highlighting Episode 167, which discusses non-sepsis reasons for an elevated lactate. It’s an important reminder not to get tunnel vision and think that every elevated lactate level means the patient has an overwhelming infection. In fact, some of these reasons may surprise you! 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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0:30.1	Well, hello there, and welcome to another encore episode of the Straight A Nursing podcast,
0:35.2	where I am pulling up episodes to the forefront of your feed that I
0:39.7	think are super, super impactful, and I want to make sure you don't miss them. So this episode
0:46.1	is a great reminder not to get tunnel vision. As a student, for example, you are taught the highlights and the key things that are
0:58.4	likely to show up on the NCLEX, right? And one of those key things that is drilled into you is that
1:06.6	in sepsis, the lactate level is elevated, which is why getting that lactate level is so, so important,
1:13.8	and it's a key part of that sepsis bundle.
1:17.2	But this does not mean that sepsis is the only reason for an elevated lactate.
1:25.7	So, great reminder of this,
1:28.7	pulling this episode to the front of your feed,
1:31.9	I talk you through what lactate is in this episode,
1:35.8	and some situations where your patient could have an elevated lactate
1:40.2	that have absolutely nothing to do with sepsis.
1:44.1	So I hope you enjoy.
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