Journal of critical care
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Journal of critical care · Jun 2013
Simplistic approach to prognosis after cardiopulmonary resuscitation-value of pH and lactate.
The purpose was to determine the prognostic value of broadly available clinical parameters such as pH and lactate for early stratification of outcome after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. ⋯ A combination of clinical data and broadly available parameters can help to stratify prognosis of patients after cardiopulmonary resuscitation with sufficiently high predictive value. Interestingly, a combination of the 3 parameters-age more than 65 years, high lactate, and low pH upon admission-had a sensitivity of 1.0 for a poor outcome after return of spontaneous circulation.