Hyperlactatemia and poor outcome After postcardiotomy veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An individual patient data meta-Analysis.
Fausto BiancariAlexander KasererAndrea PerrottiVito G RuggieriSung-Min ChoJin Kook KangMagnus DalénHenryk WelpKristján JónssonSigurdur RagnarssonFrancisco J Hernández PérezGiuseppe GattiKhalid AlkhameesAntonio LoforteAndrea LechiancoleStefano RosatoCristiano SpadaccioMatteo PettinariGiovanni MariscalcoTimo MäkikallioSebastian D SahliCamilla L'AcquaAmr A ArafatMonirah A AlbabtainMohammed M AlBarakMohamed LaimoudIlija DjordjevicIhor KrasivskyiRobertas SamalaviciusLina PuodziukaiteMarta Alonso-Fernandez-GattaDonat R SpahnAntonio FiorePublished in: Perfusion (2023)
Among patients requiring postcardiotomy V-A-ECMO, hyperlactatemia was associated with a marked increase of in-hospital mortality. Arterial lactate may be useful in guiding the decision-making process and the timing of initiation of postcardiotomy V-A-ECMO.