No. Initial lactate is the one that counts. On Feb 3, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Haywood, Pamela <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
WARNING: This email originated outside of the Sutter Health email system! DO NOT CLICK links if the sender is unknown and never provide your User ID or Password. OR is it septic shock only if lactic acid is still at >= 4 AFTER appropriate 30ml/kg IVF given? Pamela J Haywood, BSN, RN Clinical Documentation Specialist Jones Memorial Hospital 191 N Main St Wellsville, NY 14895 585-593-1100 ext 5209 ________________________________ From: Sepsisgroups [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] on behalf of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 9:13 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Sepsis Groups] question Hello group, I am being told by our quality department that if a patient is documented with severe sepsis and has a lactic acid greater than 4 that it is automatically coded as septic shock even though it’s not documented. Is this true? Thanks, Debbie Chambless Sepsis Coordinator Osceola Regional Medical Center Kissimmee, Fl 34371 407-518-3949 _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flists.sepsisgroups.org%2Flistinfo.cgi%2Fsepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org&data=02%7C01%7Ctownsesr%40sutterhealth.org%7C9758d4d1549f4e01e98d08d44c7188e4%7Caef453eadaa243e0be62818066e9ff63%7C0%7C0%7C636217497899256278&sdata=sNx5DLYLQHnp6STOeds7ncIYJeZyB0y6eDwYJT%2FkHFg%3D&reserved=0 _______________________________________________ Sepsisgroups mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sepsisgroups.org/listinfo.cgi/sepsisgroups-sepsisgroups.org
