Cardiac arrest & resuscitation
Lactate and pH as Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study
Study context
- Population
- Adults undergoing extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) at a single quaternary academic center, September 2011–April 2025
- Participants
- 484 adults
- Exposure
- Non-survivors vs Survivors
- Outcome
- Precannulation lactate and pH vs in-hospital mortality
Methodological detailssingle-centre
- Single-centre
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Non-survivors
9.3
median
Survivors
7.3
median
Estimate (95% CI)
Lactate
OR 1.13 per mmol/L(1.05–1.22)
pH
OR 0.61 per 0.1 unit(0.47–0.76)
Each row per its own increment, as printed
- In-hospital mortality
- 62.4%
- Optimal cut point for lactate (Youden index)
- 10.85 mmol/L
- Optimal cut point for pH (Youden index)
- 7.2
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Overall precannulation lactate and pH
- Median lactate, mmol/L (IQR 4.1-12.3)
- 8.7
- Median pH (IQR 7.09-7.34)
- 7.23
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Lactate and pH as Predictors of In-Hospital Mortality in Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: A Single-Center Retrospective Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 3 September 2026. doi:10.
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