Serial lactate measures also help assess response to therapy. The half-life of lactate is around 20 minutes, even in septic patients. If the lactate is persistently elevated, it's not because the body can't get rid of it, but because the body continues producing it, shifting to anaerobic metabolism.
That's because the Philadelphia Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon, which has been run in the city for 38 years, has a new date for 2015, landing on Oct. 31.
All-night subway service for NYE. Outside the Huntingdon Station on the Market-Frankford El. New Year's Eve partygoers in Philadelphia will be able to ride the subway during the early hours of 2016 -- no matter what time they're headed home. SEPTA says the Market-Frankford and Broad Street lines will operate all night from Thursday into Friday. Extra late-night Regional Rail trains are also planned.