A 55-year-old man presents with severe sepsis. Initial serum lactate is 5 mmol/L. After fluid resuscitation, repeat lactate is 3 mmol/L. What does this reduction indicate?
Poll
- A. Persistent organ dysfunction
- B. Improvement in tissue perfusion
- C. Normalization of metabolic derangements
- D. Recovery from sepsis
- E. Effective renal clearance of lactate