Blood lactate level during extracorporeal life support as a surrogate marker for survival Sung Jun Park, MD, Sang-pil Kim, MD, PhD, Joon Bum Kim, MD, PhD, Sung-Ho Jung, MD, PhD, Suk Jung Choo, MD, PhD, Cheol Hyun Chung, MD, PhD, Jae Won Lee, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 148, Issue 2, Pages 714-720 (August 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.078 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flowchart of the outcomes in patients receiving ECLS. ECLS, Extracorporeal life support. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 714-720DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.078) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 ROC curves for the predictive value of arterial lactate level for mortality at 6 hours (A), 12 hours (B), and 24 hours (C) after the initiation of ECLS. AUC, Area under the curve; CI, confidence interval. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 714-720DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.078) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 The incidence rate of the overall complications according to the cutoff arterial lactate levels at 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours after the initiation of ECLS. ECLS, Extracorporeal life support. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 714-720DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.078) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Kaplan–Meier analysis revealing differences in mortality according to the arterial lactate level at 6 hours (A), 12 hours (B), and 24 hours (C) after the initiation of ECLS. Lac, Lactate. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 714-720DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.078) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions