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Table 6 24-h serious adverse events with distribution of high vs. low lactate level (high ≥ 3.8 mmol/L and low < 3.8 mmol/L)

From: The utility of point of care serum lactate in predicting serious adverse outcomes among critically ill adult patients at urban emergency departments of tertiary hospitals in Tanzania

Variables

Overall

N = 387

n (%)

Serum lactate (mmol/L)

Relative risk (95% CI)

P value

< 3.8 N = 307

n (%)

≥ 3.8 N = 80

n (%)

Need for inotrope/vasopressor

10

2 (0.7)

8 (10.0)

15.4 (3.3–70.8)

< 0.001

Need for ICU/HDU

42

32 (10.4)

10 (12.5)

1.2 (0.6–2.3)

0.595

Need for ventilator support

37

28 (9.1)

9 (11.3)

1.2 (0.6–2.5)

0.564

Cardiac arrest

9

2 (0.7)

7 (8.8)

13.4 (2.9–63.4)

< 0.001

24-h mortality

28

9 (2.9)

19 (23.8)

8.1 (3.8–17.2)

< 0.001

  1. CI confidence interval