From: Peripheral venous lactate levels substitute arterial lactate levels in the emergency department
Characteristic | Frequency (%)* or median (IQR) | |
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Sex, no.(%) | ||
 Men* | 81 | (64.8) |
Age (years) | 81 | (72–86) |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 134 | (116–149) |
Heart rate (beats/min) | 102 | (88–117) |
Respiratory rate (breaths/min) | 24 | (20–29) |
Body temperature (°C) | 38.5 | (37.5–39.2) |
SpO2 (%) | 96 | (94–98) |
Peripheral venous lactate (mmol/L) | 2.08 | (1.57–3.28) |
Arterial lactate (mmol/L) | 1.82 | (1.25–2.46) |
Arterial-venous puncture time difference (min) | 9 | (5–17) |
Time from arrival ED to blood gas collection (min) | 10 | (8–13) |
Emergency department boarding time (min) | 138 | (111–181) |
Sepsis-3, no.(%) | 82 | (65.6) |
Septic shock, no. (%) | 8 | (6.40) |
SOFA score | 2 | (1–4) |
Death within 28 days, no. (%) | 15 | (12.0) |
Admission, no. (%) | 117 | (93.4) |
Disease type based on ICD-10*, no. (%) | ||
 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases | 5 | (4.0) |
 Diseases of the nervous system | 1 | (0.8) |
 Diseases of the respiratory system | 73 | (58.4) |
 Diseases of the digestive system | 20 | (16.0) |
 Diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue | 6 | (4.8) |
 Diseases of the genitourinary system | 18 | (14.4) |
 Injury, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes | 2 | (1.6) |