Percentage of emergency department visits for patients aged 18 years and older with septic shock and an elevated serum lactate result (>2mmol/L) with a second serum lactate measurement ordered following the elevated serum lactate result during the emergency department visit
eMeasure ID
First Performance Year
2017
Last Performance Year
Metric Type
Single Performance Rate
National Quality Strategy Domain
Effective Clinical Care
Measure Type
Process
eMeasure UUID
NQF eMeasure ID
NQF ID
Is High Priority?
Is Inverse?
Overall Algorithm
Primary Steward
American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Clinical Emergency Data Registry (CEDR)