Poor correlation of venous lactate with systemic oxygen saturation in the paediatric cardiac ICU: a pilot study
In paediatric cardiac intensive care patients, there is no significant correlation between venous lactate and venous saturation, suggesting that lactate may not be a reliable marker for assessing the adequacy of oxygen delivery in this population. Only a weak correlation could be identified once the venous saturation was 70% or lower. Additional research is needed to explore alternative markers for monitoring oxygen delivery in critically ill paediatric patients.
Authors
- Nina Censoplano
- Rohit S. Loomba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9116-2835)
- A. A. Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9913-6570)
- Saúl Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6274-5775)
- Juan S. Farias (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9731-2876)
- Enrique G. Villarreal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-5192)
Institutions
- Children's Mercy Hospital (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science (US)
- Advocate Children's Hospital (US)
- Texas Children's Hospital (US)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cardiology in the Young
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047951124026805
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.57