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      Lactato sérico como marcador prognóstico em crianças gravemente doentes Translated title: Blood lactate concentration as prognostic marker in critically ill children

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          OBJETIVO: Verificar a utilidade do lactato como marcador de hipoperfusão tecidual e como índice prognóstico em crianças criticamente doentes. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo, longitudinal, tipo observacional de 75 pacientes admitidos na UTI pediátrica do Hospital de Clínicas (UFPR) entre novembro de 1998 e maio de 1999. De acordo com o nível de lactato na admissão, os pacientes foram divididos em grupo A (lactato > 18 mg/dl) e grupo B (lactato < 18 mg/dl). Com relação à evolução, em sobrevivente e óbito. No grupo A, a avaliação clínica e a coleta de amostras de sangue arterial foram realizadas na admissão, 6, 12, 24, 48 horas e, posteriormente, a cada 24 horas. No grupo B, foram realizadas nos mesmos horários e interrompidas com 48 horas após admissão. RESULTADOS: No grupo A, foram incluídos 50 pacientes, e no Grupo B, 25. O grupo A apresentou maior freqüência de sinais clínicos de hipoperfusão (24/50). Houve diferença estatisticamente significativa da média de lactato na admissão entre os pacientes que foram a óbito nas primeiras 24 horas de internação (95 mg/dl) quando comparados àqueles que evoluíram a óbito após 24 horas de admissão (28 mg/dl). O nível de lactato na avaliação de 24 horas de UTI foi o que apresentou melhor sensibilidade (55,6%) e especificidade (97,2%) como parâmetro preditor de óbito. CONCLUSÕES: A maioria dos pacientes com lactato > 18 mg/dl evidenciou sinais clínicos de hipoperfusão na admissão. A normalização ou diminuição dos níveis de lactato a partir de 24 horas de internação esteve significativamente relacionada com a maior probabilidade de sobrevida.

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          OBJECTIVE: To assess the use of lactate as a marker of tissue hypoperfusion and as a prognostic index in critically ill patients. METHODS: Prospective, longitudinal, observational study of 75 patients admitted to the pediatric ICU of Hospital de Clínicas of Universidade Federal do Paraná, between November 1998 and May 1999. According to the lactate level on admission, patients were divided into group A (lactate > 18 mg/dl) and group B (lactate < 18 mg/dl). In terms of outcome, patients were classified into survivors and nonsurvivors. In group A, the clinical evaluation and the collection of arterial blood samples were performed on admission, at 6, 12, 24, 48 hours, and every 24 hours after that. In group B, they were carried out in the same way, but interrupted 48 hours after admission. RESULTS: Groups A and B consisted of 50 and 25 patients, respectively. Group A presented more clinical signs of hypoperfusion (24/50). There was a statistically significant difference regarding the mean lactate levels on admission between those patients who died within 24 hours of admission (95 mg/dl) and those who died 24 hours after admission (28 mg/dl). The lactate level at 24 hours of admission revealed better sensitivity (55.6%) and specificity (97.2%) as a predictor of death. CONCLUSIONS: Most patients with lactate levels > 18 mg/dl showed clinical signs of hypoperfusion on admission. The normalization or reduction of lactate levels at and after 24 hours of admission was significantly related with higher chances of survival.

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          The purpose of this study was to determine the physiologic variables that predict major adverse events in children in the intensive care unit after cardiac operations. A cohort observational study was conducted. At the time of admission to the intensive care unit and 4, 8, 12, and 24 hours later the following variables were recorded: mean arterial pressure, heart rate, cardiac index, oxygen delivery, mixed venous oxygen saturation, base deficit, blood lactate, gastric intramucosal pH, carbon dioxide difference (the difference between arterial carbon dioxide tension and gastric intraluminal carbon dioxide tension), and toe-core temperature gradient. Major adverse events were prospectively identified as cardiac arrest, need for emergency chest opening, development of multiple organ failure, and death. Ninety children were included in the study; 12 had major adverse events and there were 4 deaths. Blood lactate level, mean arterial pressure, and duration of cardiopulmonary bypass were the only significant, independent predictors of major adverse events when measured at the time of admission to the intensive care unit. The odds ratio (95% confidence intervals) for major adverse events if a lactate level was greater than 4.5 mmol/L was 5.1 (1.2 to 21.1), for admission hypotension 2.3 (0.5 to 9.8), and for a cardiopulmonary bypass time greater than 150 minutes 13.7 (3.3 to 57.2). Four hours after admission lactate and carbon dioxide difference, and 8 hours after admission lactate and base deficit, were independently significant predictors. The odds ratios for major adverse events if the blood lactate level was greater than 4 mmol/L at 4 and 8 hours were 8.3 (1.8 to 38.4) and 9.3 (1.9 to 44.3), respectively. At no time in the first 24 hours were cardiac output, oxygen delivery, mixed venous oxygen saturation, toe-core temperature gradient, or heart rate significant predictors of major adverse events. In the context of our current treatment strategies, the duration of cardiopulmonary bypass and blood lactate level, measured in the early postoperative period, were the best predictors of impending major adverse events.
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            Mortality in children with shock is more closely related to the nature, rather than the magnitude (base deficit/excess), of a metabolic acidosis. To examine the relationship between base excess (BE), hyperlactataemia, hyperchloraemia, 'unmeasured' strong anions, and mortality. Prospective observational study set in a multi-disciplinary Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Forty-six children, median age 6 months (1.5-14.4), median weight 5 kg (3.2-8.8), admitted to PICU with shock. Predicted mortality was calculated from the paediatric index of mortality (PIM) score. The pH, base excess, serum lactate, corrected chloride, and 'unmeasured' strong anions (Strong Ion Gap) were measured or calculated at admission and 24 h. Observed mortality ( n=16) was 35%, with a standardised mortality ratio (SMR) of 1.03 (95% CI 0.71-1.35). There was no significant difference in admission pH or BE between survivors and nonsurvivors. There was no association between elevation of 'unmeasured' anions and mortality, although there was a trend towards hyperchloraemia in survivors ( P=0.08). Admission lactate was higher in nonsurvivors (median 11.6 vs 3.3 mmol/l; P=0.0003). Area under the mortality receiver operating characteristic curve for lactate was 0.83 (955 CI 0.70-0.95), compared to 0.71 (95% CI 0.53-0.88) for the PIM score. Admission lactate level >5 mmol/l had maximum diagnostic efficiency for mortality, with a likelihood ratio of 2.0. There is no association between the magnitude of metabolic acidosis, quantified by the base excess, and mortality in children with shock. Hyperlactataemia, but not elevation of 'unmeasured' anions, is predictive of a poor outcome.
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                Journal
                jped
                Jornal de Pediatria
                J. Pediatr. (Rio J.)
                Sociedade Brasileira de Pediatria (Porto Alegre )
                1678-4782
                August 2005
                : 81
                : 4
                : 287-292
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil
                [2 ] Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil
                [3 ] Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil
                Article
                S0021-75572005000500005
                10.1590/S0021-75572005000500005
                f829dde0-aeb6-4ce0-aff9-5ad77a31bc15

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Pediatrics
                Blood lactate,lactic acidosis,hyperlactatemia,prognostic index,PICU mortality,Lactato,acidose láctica,hiperlactatemia,índices prognósticos,mortalidade em UTI

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