The impact of admission serum lactate on children with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lactate is used to evaluate the prognosis of adult patients with trauma. However, the prognostic significance of admission serum lactate in the setting of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) is still unclear. We aim to investigate the impact of admission lactate on the outcome in children with moderate to severe TBI.

Methods

This retrospective study was conducted in a tertiary pediatric hospital between May 2012 and Jun 2018 included children with an admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of ≤13. Two hundred and thirteen patients were included in the analysis and 45 patients died in hospital.

Results

Admission lactate and glucose were significantly higher in non-survivors than those in survivors (P < 0.05). Admission lactate was positively correlated with ad

SUBMITTER: Fu YQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6752785 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature