Prognostic Significance of Arterial Lactate Levels at Weaning from Postcardiotomy Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.
Fausto BiancariAntonio FioreKristján JónssonGiuseppe GattiSvante ZipfelVito G RuggieriAndrea PerrottiKarl BounaderAntonino LoforteAndrea LechiancoleDiyar SaeedArtur LichtenbergMarek PolCristiano SpadaccioMatteo PettinariKrister MogianosKhalid AlkhameesGiovanni MariscalcoZein El DeanNicla SettembreHongtao TieAngelo M Dell'AquilaThomas FuxTatu JuvonenMagnus DalénPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2019)
Increased arterial lactate levels at the time of weaning from postcardiotomy VA-ECMO increases significantly the risk of hospital mortality. Arterial lactate may be useful in guiding optimal timing of VA-ECMO weaning.