The association between serum chloride and mortality in ICU patients with heart failure: The impact of bicarbonate

Objective: To assess whether serum chloride predicts risk of death in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with heart failure (HF) and the effect of bicarbonate on the efficacy of serum chloride in predicting risk of death in ICU patients.Methods: A total of 9364 HF patients hospitalized in the ICU were enrolled. Patients were divided into hypochloremia ( 108  mEq/L) groups. Similarly, we divided the serum bicarbonate level into three groups: low bicarbonate ( 26  mEq/L).
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research