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Serum Lactate-Albumin Ratio: Soothsayer for Outcome in Sepsis

2023; Cureus, Inc.; Linguagem: Inglês

10.7759/cureus.36816

2168-8184

Ruchita Kabra, Sourya Acharya, Samarth Shukla, Sunil Kumar, Anil Wanjari, Satish Mahajan, Shilpa Gaidhane, Pratik J Bhansali, Praful Wasnik,

Statistical Methods in Epidemiology

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of the serum lactate/albumin (L/A) ratio as a prognostic marker of sepsis syndrome.This study was conducted in the Internal Medicine Department at Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital with a sample size of 160 cases of sepsis. The serum L/A ratio was calculated on admission and correlated with deaths and morbidity. Statistical analysis was significant if the P-value was less than 0.05.The mean age of patients was 52.83 ± 16.80 years with a male predominance (64.4% vs. 35.6%). The mean L/A ratio was 0.95 ± 0.46. The proportion of discharged subjects and mortality were 58.8% and 41.2%, respectively. The study found that a higher mean L/A ratio (1.1-1.44) was significantly linked to the various variables in the study. Furthermore, a significantly higher median L/A ratio of 1.23 was found in subjects with vasopressor use. The median L/A ratio in the Discharge group and Death group was 0.64 and 1.27, respectively. The area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUROC) curve indicated that accurate diagnostic performance was 0.976 in predicting Death versus Discharge for the L/A ratio.This study found that, compared to lactate and albumin alone, the predictor value of the L/A ratio was outstanding in predicting death and hospital stay (discharge) among sepsis participants, with a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 88%.