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Number of patients according to level of lactate, using a range of cut-off values, and mortality plus sensitivities and specificities |
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| Lactate (mmol/l) |
Died |
Survived |
Sensitivity |
Specificity |
Youden's index (J) |
1 – specificity |
|
|
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| >0 |
126 |
1265 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| >1 |
114 |
996 |
0.90 |
0.21 |
0.12 |
0.79 |
| >1.5 |
81 |
591 |
0.64 |
0.53 |
0.18 |
0.47 |
| >2 |
58 |
329 |
0.46 |
0.74 |
0.20 |
0.26 |
| >3 |
37 |
131 |
0.29 |
0.90 |
0.19 |
0.10 |
| >5 |
19 |
27 |
0.15 |
0.98 |
0.13 |
0.02 |
| >25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Number in sample |
126 |
1265 |
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Bewick et al. Critical Care 2004 8:508 doi:10.1186/cc3000 |
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