Usefulness of lactate to albumin ratio for predicting in-hospital mortality in atrial fibrillation patients admitted to the intensive care unit: a retrospective analysis from MIMIC-IV database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High lactate to albumin ratio (LAR) has been reported to be associated to with poor prognosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). However, its role in predicting in-hospital mortality in AF patients admitted to ICU has not been explored.

Methods

The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care-IV (MIMIC-IV) database was used to retrieve information on patients who had been diagnosed with AF. X-tile software was utilized to determine the optimal cut-off LAR. Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC), calibration plots, and decision curve analysis (DCA) were conducted to assess the prediction performance of LAR for in-hospital mortality.

Results

Finally, 8,287 AF patients were included and 1,543 death (18.6%) occurred. Th

SUBMITTER: Huang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10956288 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature