Successful treatment of refractory toxic streptococcal syndrome associated with severe lactic acidosis using a combined haemofiltration technique with a bicarbonate based replacement fluid: report of 4 consecutive cases

Table

Time after onset of the procedure	TO	T2 (2 hours)	T4 (4 hours)
Mean pH	7.03	7.17	7.39
Serum lactate	12.3 mmol/l	11.4 mmol/l	7.1 mmol/l
Cardiac index	1.95 l/min/m²	3.82 l/min/m²	4.34 l/min/m²
Inotropic support	A = 0.61 μg/kg/min	A = 0.35 μg/kg/min	A = 0.19 μg/kg/min
	NA = 1.1 μg/kg/min	NA = 0.79 μg/kg/min	NA = 0.45 μg/kg/min

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