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The critical care environment demands immediate response from the laboratory to aid the physician in the management of the patient who is in a crisis condition and whose immediate survival is threatened by failure of respiratory, cardiac, or metabolic function. These are the circumstances that have prompted the development of the “stat” laboratory.
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Matter, J. A., Weil, M. H., Shubin, H., and Stein, L. (1974). Cardiac arrest in the critically ill. Hyperosmolal states following cardiac arrest. Am. J. Med. 56:162–168.
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Michaels, S. (1978). The “Stat” Laboratory. In: Critical Care Medicine Manual. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9932-5_34
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