Postoperative Serum Lactate Levels for In-Hospital Mortality Prediction Among Heart Transplant Recipients.

CONCLUSIONS Serum lactate level measurement upon ICU admission can be used as a predictive parameter for in-hospital mortality among heart transplant recipients. Values greater than 7.0 mmol/L can predict in-hospital mortality with 90% accuracy.
PMID: 32451373 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Annals of Transplantation - May 25, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Kędziora A, Wierzbicki K, Piątek J, Hymczak H, Górkiewicz-Kot I, Milaniak I, Tomsia P, Sobczyk D, Drwiła R, Kapelak B Tags: Ann Transplant Source Type: research