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ArticleCritical care research and practice2021

The Value of Combining Carbon Dioxide Gap and Oxygen-Derived Variables with Lactate Clearance in Predicting Mortality after Resuscitation of Septic Shock Patients.

Walid Ahmed, Mohamed Laimoud

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Article in Critical care research and practice, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Walid AhmedCritical Care Medicine Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0248-9498
Mohamed LaimoudCritical Care Medicine Department, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-2813
Cairo University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAchieving hemodynamic stabilization does not prevent progressive tissue hypoperfusion and organ dysfunction during resuscitation of septic shock patients. Many indicators have been proposed to judge the optimization of oxygen delivery to meet tissue oxygen consumption.

methodsA prospective observational study was conducted to evaluate and validate combining CO

resultsOur study included 456 adults with a mean age of 63.2 ± 6.9 years, with 71.9% being males. Respiratory and urinary infections were the origin of about 75% of sepsis. Mortality occurred in 164 (35.9%) patients. The APACHE II score was 18.2 ± 3.7 versus 34.3 ± 6.8 (

conclusionCombining the carbon dioxide gap and arteriovenous oxygen difference with lactate clearance during early hours of resuscitation of septic shock patients helps to predict hospital mortality more accurately.

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