Why the study?
Postoperative hyperlactatemia is associated with adverse outcomes after cardiac surgery, but analyses had not focused specifically on heart transplantation recipients, in whom traditional thresholds identify nearly every individual.
Does serum lactate level upon ICU admission predict in-hospital mortality in heart transplant recipients?
Comparison
Postoperative serum lactate levels and clearance across time frames
Design
Retrospective single-centre cohort study
Follow-up
In-hospital
Authors
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Lactate >7 mmol/L may aid early mortality risk stratification post-HTX; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve survival.
Does serum lactate level upon ICU admission predict in-hospital mortality in heart transplant recipients?
Serum lactate levels >7.0 mmol/L upon ICU admission can predict in-hospital mortality with 90% specificity among heart transplant recipients.
Kędziora et al. (2020) studied this question.
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