Higher serum LA in pediatric patients presenting to the ED with suspected infection correlated with increased pulse, respiratory rate, white blood cell count, and platelets and decreased blood urea nitrogen, HCO3, and age. Serum LA may be predictive of hospitalization and length of stay and thus suggestive of disease severity, but not of return rates or pediatric sepsis screening in the ED.
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