ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2017
The Lactate/Albumin Ratio: A Valuable Tool for Risk Stratification in Septic Patients Admitted to ICU.
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- Incremental Prognostic Value of Glucose Variability and the Lactate-to-Albumin Ratio Beyond APACHE II After a 48-Hour Landmark in Critically Ill Adults: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Association between lactate-to-albumin ratio and postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery.Journal of anesthesia · 2026Article
- Lactate-to-albumin ratio as an independent predictor of short- and long-term mortality in ICU patients with malignant tumors: A retrospective cohort study.Oncology letters · 2026Article
- Prognostic value of C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) for mortality in older adults with sepsis: Cohort study.Clinical medicine (London, England) · 2026Article
- Prioritized factors of severity prognosis in patients admitted for sepsis or septic shock in a resource-limited region of central Vietnam.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2026Article
- Anesthetic management and early outcomes in patients with earthquake-induced crush and compartment syndrome: A single-center retrospective an.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2026Article
- Preoperative lactate-to-albumin ratio and risk of postoperative delirium after cardiac surgery in older adults: a retrospective cohort study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
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- Relationship Between the Lactate-to-Albumin Ratio and Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Lactate to albumin ratio predicts one year mortality in ICU patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Developing and validating a lactate-to-albumin ratio-enhanced score for mortality prediction in ICU patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a multi-cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Survival Prediction in Septic ICU Patients: Integrating Lactate and Vasopressor Use with Established Severity Scores.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prognostic significance of lactate/albumin ratio in respiratory failure and sepsis.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Lactate/albumin ratio predicts mortality in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a retrospective machine learning study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Lactate-to-albumin ratio as an independent predictor of 28-day ICU mortality in patients with hypertension: a retrospective cohort study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Co-Evaluation of Lactate, Base Excess, and Albumin as Predictors of Mortality in Sepsis by Excluding the Factors That Affect Their Levels: An Observational Study.Biomedicines · 2025Article
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- Lactate to albumin ratio as a determinant of intensive care unit admission and mortality in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
The lactate/albumin ratio has been reported to be associated with mortality in pediatric patients with sepsis. We aimed to evaluate the lactate/albumin ratio for its prognostic relevance in a larger collective of critically ill (adult) patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU). A total of 348 medical patients admitted to a German ICU for sepsis between 2004 and 2009 were included. Follow-up of patients was performed retrospectively between May 2013 and November 2013. The association of the lactate/albumin ratio (cut-off 0.15) and both in-hospital and post-discharge mortality was investigated. An optimal cut-off was calculated by means of Youden's index. The lactate/albumin ratio was elevated in non-survivors (
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