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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2020

Prehospital Point-Of-Care Lactate Increases the Prognostic Accuracy of National Early Warning Score 2 for Early Risk Stratification of Mortality: Results of a Multicenter, Observational Study.

Francisco Martín-Rodríguez, Raúl López-Izquierdo, Juan F Delgado Benito, Ancor Sanz-García, Carlos Del Pozo Vegas, Miguel Ángel Castro Villamor, José Luis Martín-Conty, Guillermo J Ortega

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The use and impact of prehospital blood lactate measurements in acute non-traumatic patients: a systematic review.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024
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  4. Diagnostic Value of End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Combined With Lactate for Early Detection of Sepsis in Prehospital Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2026
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  5. Biomarkers help identify critically injured patients with only moderate risk of severe injuries in trauma team activation.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Francisco Martín-RodríguezAdvanced Clinical Simulation Center, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1773-2860
Raúl López-IzquierdoEmergency Department, Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega, 47012 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5092-4138
Juan F Delgado BenitoAdvanced Life Support Unit, Emergency Medical Services, 47007 Valladolid, Spain.
Ancor Sanz-GarcíaData Analysis Unit, Health Research Institute, Hospital de la Princesa, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5024-5108
Carlos Del Pozo VegasEmergency Department, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.
Miguel Ángel Castro VillamorAdvanced Clinical Simulation Center, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9910-427X
José Luis Martín-ContyFaculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Ciudad Real, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8579-2323
Guillermo J OrtegaData Analysis Unit, Health Research Institute, Hospital de la Princesa, 28006 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7840-6145
Universidad de Valladolid · ESConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARHospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid · ESHospital Universitario de La Princesa · ESHospital Universitario Río Hortega · ESUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess whether the use of prehospital lactate (pLA) can increase the prognostic accuracy of the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) to detect the risk of death within 48 h. A prospective, multicenter study in adults treated consecutively by the emergency medical services (EMS) included six advanced life support (ALS) services and five hospitals. Patients were assigned to one of four groups according to their risk of mortality (low, low-medium, medium, and high), as determined by the NEWS2 score. For each group, the validity of pLA in our cohort was assessed by the area under the curve (AUC) of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve. In this study, 3081 participants with a median age of 69 years (Interquartile range (IQR): 54-81) were included. The two-day mortality was 4.4% (137 cases). The scale derived from the implementation of the pLA improved the capacity of the NEWS2 to discriminate low risk of mortality, with an AUC of 0.910 (95% CI: 0.87-0.94;

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biomarkersclinical decision-makingclinical deteriorationearly warningemergency medical servicesmortalitypatient safety

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