Lactate is associated with mortality in very old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19: results from an international observational study of 2860 patients

Abstract Purpose Lactate is an established prognosticator in critical care. However, there still is insufficient evidence about its role in predicting outcome in COVID-19. This is of particular concern in older patients who have been mostly affected during the initial surge in 2020. Methods This pro...

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Main Authors: Raphael Romano Bruno, Bernhard Wernly, Hans Flaatten, Jesper Fjølner, Antonio Artigas, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Joerg C. Schefold, Stephan Binnebössel, Philipp Heinrich Baldia, Malte Kelm, Michael Beil, Sivri Sigal, Peter Vernon van Heerden, Wojciech Szczeklik, Muhammed Elhadi, Michael Joannidis, Sandra Oeyen, Tilemachos Zafeiridis, Jakob Wollborn, Maria José Arche Banzo, Kristina Fuest, Brian Marsh, Finn H. Andersen, Rui Moreno, Susannah Leaver, Ariane Boumendil, Dylan W. De Lange, Bertrand Guidet, Christian Jung, the COVIP Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-08-01
Series:Annals of Intensive Care
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-021-00911-8