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Counterpoint: should lactate clearance be substituted for central venous oxygen saturation as goals of early severe sepsis and septic shock therapy? No.
Chest 2011
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22147818
https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.11-2563
Notes
Lactate should NOT be used instead of ScvO2 (CVC) for GDT in severe sepsis / septic shock