Rate of increase in serum lactate level risk-stratifies infants after surgery for congenital heart disease Kurt R. Schumacher, MS, MD, Rebecca A. Reichel, BS, Jeffrey R. Vlasic, MS, Sunkyung Yu, MS, Janet Donohue, MPH, Robert J. Gajarski, MD, John R. Charpie, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 148, Issue 2, Pages 589-595 (August 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.002 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Venn diagram illustrating the distribution of poor outcomes among the 19 subjects meeting the composite poor outcome endpoint. ECMO, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 589-595DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.002) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Receiver operator characteristic curves for (A) initial lactate value and (B) maximal hourly increase in lactate. AUC, Area under the curve. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 148, 589-595DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.09.002) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions