How should we interpret lactate in labour? A reference study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate maternal lactate concentrations in labour and the puerperium.

Design

Reference study.

Setting

Tertiary obstetric unit.

Population

1279 pregnant women with good perinatal outcomes at term.

Methods

Electronic patient records were searched for women who had lactate measured on the day of delivery or in the following 24 hours, but who were subsequently found to have a very low likelihood of sepsis, based on their outcomes.

Main outcome measures

The normative distribution of lactate and C-reactive protein (CRP), differences according to the mode of birth, and the proportion of results above the commonly used cut-offs (≥2 and ≥4 mmol/l).

Results

Lactate varied between 0.4-5.4 mmol/l (median 1.8 mmol/l, interquartile range

SUBMITTER: Dockree S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9804290 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature