Value of Increased Serum Lactate in Critically Ill Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and Its Association with Worse Outcome | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 6, Volume 81, Issue 7, October 2020, Pages 2335-2339 PDF (400.18 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2020.131252 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohamed Mahmoud Romih1; Dina Tawfeek Sarhan1; Ahmed Mohamed Baraka2; Mohamed Abdelhalem Mohamed* 1 | ||
| 1Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||
| 2Department of Clinical pathology - Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: There is increasing evidence that lactate and hyperlactatemia can be a marker for the outcome in critically ill children. Objective: Our study aimed to describe the prognostic value of increased serum lactate in critically ill children and its association with worse outcome. Patients and methods: This prospective observational (cohort) study was carried out in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Clinical Pathology Department at Zagazig University Hospitals over a period of 6 months started from august 2018 till January 2019, it included 86 critically ill children. The study was approved by Ethics Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University. Results: Serum lactate was significantly higher among died cases than survived. Conclsuion: Hyperlactatemia in critically ill children is associated with worse outcome in critically ill patient in PICU. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Hyperlactatemia; outcome; children; PICU | ||
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