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Five-year mortality and graft loss in older recipients were comparable with those in younger recipients, suggesting that age alone should not exclude older patients from liver transplant.

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Lactate determinations performed using the new test instrument are precise and accurate. Blood lactate concentrations greater than 4 mmol/L are unusual in normal and noncritically ill hospitalized patients and warrant concern. In hospitalized (non-ICU) nonhypotensive subjects, as well as in critically ill patients, a blood lactate concentration greater than 4 mmol/L may portend a poor prognosis.