Association Between Lactate and 28-Day Mortality in Elderly Patients with Sepsis: Results from MIMIC-IV Database.

Liudang HeDonghua YangQiong DingYingjie SuNing Ding

Published in: Infectious diseases and therapy (2022)

In elderly patients with sepsis, a non-linear positive relationship was discovered between serum lactate and 28-day mortality. Physicians should be alert to lactate assessment at admission and pay more attention to those patients with higher levels of lactate.

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