Hyperlactatemia of dialysis-dependent patients after cardiac surgery impacts on in-hospital mortality: a two-center retrospective study

Abstract Background Lactate is a well-known marker to estimate prognosis after cardiac surgery and critically ill patients. The liver and kidney have a major role in lactate metabolism; however, there was less characterized about the change of lactate and threshold to predict in-hospital mortality i...

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Main Authors: Mariko Ezaka, Junko Tsukamoto, Koichi Matsuo, Nobuhide Kin, Kazue Yamaoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-06-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-020-00348-1