**The prevalence and incidence of hyperlactatemia upon general admission to the ICU**

Hyperlactatemia was present in 199 of 653 (30.47%) patients, admitted over 15 months to an 8-bed general ICU of a tertiary care hospital in India (Juneja et al., 2011). Khosravani et al. (2009) documented the incidence of hyperlactatemia in critically ill patients and found a significantly variation according to the major admitting diagnostic category. Specifically, the incidence of hyperlactatemia was highest among neuro/trauma patients (1053/2328, 45%), followed by medical (2047/4935, 41%), other surgical (900/2274, 40%), and cardiac surgical (1578/4395, 36%).
