Serum Lactate and Mortality in Emergency Department Patients with Cancer

Serum Lactate Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Emergency Department Patients With and Without Infection

INTRODUCTION Lactate levels are increasingly used to risk stratify emergency department (ED) patients with and without infection. Whether a serum lactate provides similar prognostic value across diseases is not fully elucidated. This study assesses the prognostic value of serum lactate in ED patients with and without infection to both report and compare relative predictive value across etiologi...

Correlation of Venous Lactate and Time of Death in Emergency Department Patients with Noncritical Lactate Levels and Mortality from Trauma

BACKGROUND Serum venous lactate (LAC) levels help guide emergency department (ED) resuscitation of patients with major trauma. Critical LAC level (CLAC, ≥4.0 mmol/L) is associated with increased disease severity and higher mortality in injured patients. The characteristics of injured patients with non-CLAC (NCLAC) (<4.0 mmol/L) and death have not been previously described. OBJECTIVES (1) To d...

Correlation Between Blood Lactate Level and Hospitalization and Prognosis in Drug Intoxication Patients in Emergency Medicine Department

Serum lactate is an independent predictor of hospital mortality in critically ill patients in the emergency department: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND Elevated lactate has been found to be associated with a higher mortality in a diverse patient population. The aim of the study is to investigate if initial serum lactate level is independently associated with hospital mortality for critically ill patients presenting to the Emergency Department. METHODS Single-center, retrospective study at a tertiary care hospital looking at patien...

Lactate level, etiology, and mortality of adult patients in an emergency department: a cohort study

BACKGROUND Increased lactate is associated with high mortality among patients with suspected infection or trauma in the emergency department (ED), but the association with patients with other aetiologies is less well described. The aim of this study was to describe the relation between lactate, aetiology and 7-day mortality in adult ED patients. METHODS A retrospective cohort study of all adu...