German Lactat Clearance in Severe Sepsis

German Lactat Clearance in Severe Sepsis

The aim of this study is to investigate if there is a correlation between lactate clearance and the course at patients with severe sepsis and septic shock at german intensive care units.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with severe sepsis or septic shock
• signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe sepsis or septic schock within 4 weeks before inclusion of study
• shock of other genesis
• persons being accomondated in an institution because of court or official order
• persons being interdependet to the investigator
• employees of the investigator