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Revista Virtual de la Sociedad Paraguaya de Medicina Interna
On-line version ISSN 2312-3893
Abstract
CARDOZO JIMENEZ, Deisy Gabriela; YUBERO CAZZOLA, Roberto Andrés and OKINAKA YOKOYAMA, Shuiji. Lactate as a predictor of mortality in cardiovascular surgery. Rev. virtual Soc. Parag. Med. Int. [online]. 2019, vol.6, n.2, pp.30-38. Epub Sep 01, 2019. ISSN 2312-3893. https://doi.org/10.18004/rvspmi/2312-3893/2019.06.02.30-038.
Introduction:
Lactate is the final product of anaerobic metabolism and a valuable diagnostic tool for the interpretation, stratification and understanding of different pathological processes of the critically ill patient.
Objective:
To determine the association between serum lactate levels and mortality and hospital stay in post-cardiovascular surgery patients.
Methodology:
Retrospective observational study with analytical components. Patients with cardiovascular pathology, over 18 years old, males and females, admitted to the National Hospital (Itauguá, Paraguay) between the years 2016-2017 were included. The independent variable was lactate and the dependent ones were state at discharge and hospital stay.
Results:
Thirty-one patients were included, with a mean age of 54.5 years, 61.2% were male, 74.2% presented comorbidities. It was found 38.7% of post-surgical complications, 25.0% was cardiac tamponade and 25.0% bleeding. Nine point six percent of post-surgical deaths were found. No statistically significant association was found between elevated lactate levels and prolonged hospital stay or deaths.
Conclusion:
Post-surgical serum lactate levels were high (93.6%). No association was found between serum lactate and hospital stay or deaths.
Keywords : lactic acid; thoracic surgery; mortality; hospitalization time.