Prognostic value of hyperlactatemia in infected patients admitted to intensive care units: a multicenter study

Silva, Catarina Mendes; Baptista, João Pedro; Mergulhão, Paulo; Froes, Filipe; Gonçalves-Pereira, João; Pereira, José Manuel; Dias, Claudia Camila; Paiva, José Artur

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Silva, Catarina Mendes

Baptista, João Pedro

Mergulhão, Paulo

Froes, Filipe

Gonçalves-Pereira, João

Pereira, José Manuel

Dias, Claudia Camila

Paiva, José Artur

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Objective: To evaluate the influence of patient characteristics on hyperlactatemia in an infected population admitted to intensive care units and the influence of hyperlactatemia severity on hospital mortality. Methods: A post hoc analysis of hyperlactatemia in the INFAUCI study, a national prospective, observational, multicenter study, was conducted in 14 Portuguese intensive care units. Infected patients admitted to intensive care units with a lactate measurement in the first 12 hours of admission were selected. Sepsis was identified according to the Sepsis-2 definition accepted at the time of data collection. The severity of hyperlactatemia was classified as mild (2 - 3.9mmol/L), moderate (4.0 - 9.9mmol/L) or severe (> 10mmol/L). Results: In a total of 1,640 patients infected on admission, hyperlactatemia occurred in 934 patients (57%), classified as mild, moderate and severe in 57.0%, 34.4% and 8.7% of patients, respectively. The presence of hyperlactatemia and a higher degree of hyperlactatemia were both associated with a higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, a higher Charlson Comorbidity Index and the presence of septic shock. The lactate Receiver Operating Characteristic curve for hospital mortality had an area under the curve of 0.64 (95%CI 0.61 - 0.72), which increased to 0.71 (95%CI 0.68 - 0.74) when combined with Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score. In-hospital mortality with other covariates adjusted by Simplified Acute Physiology Score II was associated with moderate and severe hyperlactatemia, with odds ratio of 1.95 (95%CI 1.4 - 2.7; p < 0.001) and 4.54 (95%CI 2.4 - 8.5; p < 0.001), respectively. Conclusion: Blood lactate levels correlate independently with in-hospital mortality for moderate and severe degrees of hyperlactatemia.