Lactate in Clinical Practice

Cassie Meitner, AAS, LVMT, University of Tennessee

Adesola Odunayo, DVM, MS, DACVECC, University of Tennessee

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Lactate in Clinical Practice

Cassie Meitner, AAS, LVMT, University of Tennessee

Adesola Odunayo, DVM, MS, DACVECC, University of Tennessee

Emergency Medicine & Critical Care

References

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