This laboratory test appears to be prognostic of mortality in calcium channel blocker poisoning.
Serum lactate. In a recent retrospective review of 177 patients, presented at EAPCCT 2020, initial blood lactate concentration accurately predicted CCB-poisoning related mortality. In this study, initial blood glucose concentrations was an early predictor for severity but not mortality.
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