a significant trendP < 0.001
A significant trend was observed, indicating a higher in-hospital mortality with increasing normalized lactate load (quartile 4 vs. quartile 1: 62.7% vs. 24.2%, P < 0.001) as shown in Table 1 .
A significant trend was observed, indicating a higher in-hospital mortality with increasing normalized lactate load (quartile 4 vs. quartile 1: 62.7% vs. 24.2%, P < 0.001) as shown in Table 1 .