Lactate Is a Strong Predictor of Poor Outcomes in Patients with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury
Bharti Sharma, Winston Jiang, Yashoda Dhole, George Agriantonis, Navin D Bhatia, Zahra Shafaee, Kate Twelker, Jennifer Whittington, Bruno Meloni, Brandon Lucke-Wold · 2024
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Bharti Sharma and co-authors ask whether blood lactate can predict how patients with severe traumatic brain injury will fare. Lactate builds up when cells burn sugar with too little oxygen. Their 2024 study looks back at cases treated at one top-level trauma center from 2020 through 2023. Lactate was measured when patients arrived and again when they entered the intensive care unit.
High lactate went with worse injury severity scores and worse coma scores. It also went with more days in the hospital and in the unit, more days on a ventilator, and more deaths. Lactate fell with age in this group. A slow fall in the level during the unit stay also marked a long stay. The team names lactate a strong, cheap sign that such patients face a hard course. They urge its use in early triage and in talks with families.
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| CREATOR | Bharti Sharma, Winston Jiang, Yashoda Dhole, George Agriantonis, Navin D Bhatia, Zahra Shafaee, Kate Twelker, Jennifer Whittington, Bruno Meloni, Brandon Lucke-Wold |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 46 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |