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ArticleInternal and emergency medicine2025

Lactate to albumin ratio as a prognosis predictor in gastrointestinal bleeding in the emergency department.

Sung Jin Bae, Myeong Namgung, Kwang Yul Jung, Dong Hoon Lee, Yoon Hee Choi, Yunhyung Choi, Ho Sub Chung

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Sung Jin BaeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-2871-3323
Myeong NamgungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-8623-7815
Kwang Yul JungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5688-2581
Dong Hoon LeeDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4306-8649
Yoon Hee ChoiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, 1071, Anyangcheon-Ro, Yangcheon-Gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5807-748X
Yunhyung ChoiDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0000-4547-9535
Ho Sub ChungDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Chung-Ang University Gwangmyeong Hospital, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 110, Deokan-Ro, Gwangmyeong-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Republic of Korea. hoshap@cau.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-3867

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Gastrointestinal bleeding (GIB) is a common cause of emergency department (ED) visits, and has various prognoses. This study aimed to verify the prognostic ability of the lactate/albumin (L/A) ratio in patients with GIB compared with the AIMS65 score and blood urea nitrogen/albumin (B/A) ratio. This retrospective study included patients with GIB symptoms who visited the ED in 2019. Baseline characteristics and laboratory data were obtained to calculate the L/A and B/A ratios and AIMS65 score. Each score was evaluated as a predictor of intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality by using the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve. The multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the L/A ratio significantly predicted ICU admission and in-hospital mortality. The AUROC curve for predicting ICU admission were 0.788, 0.695, and 0.586 for the L/A, B/A, and AIMS65 scores, respectively, while the AUROC curve for predicting in-hospital mortality were 0.807, 0.799, and 0.683 for the L/A, B/A, and AIMS65 scores, respectively. The L/A ratio, which consists of the serum lactate and albumin levels, showed superior performance relative to the B/A ratio and AIMS65 score in predicting the prognosis of patients with GIB.

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Gastrointestinal HemorrhageLactic AcidSerum AlbuminAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBiomarkersEmergency Service, HospitalFemaleHospital MortalityHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisBiomarkersLactic AcidSerum AlbuminAlbuminEmergency departmentGastrointestinal hemorrhageLactate

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