The role of serum lactate and hypotension in mortality risk stratification for critically ill COVID-19 patients: insights from a large retrospective ICU cohort.

BMC Infect Dis · 2025 · PMC12639913 · PMID 41272472

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Compared with the “Very Low” category, the risk of death increased progressively across other categories, being not significant in the ‘Low’ (RR 1.37; 95% CI 0.99–1.89, p = 0.14), but significant in the “Intermediate” (RR 1.66; 95% CI 1.23–2.23, p = 0.018) and highly significant in the “High” (RR 2.24; 95% CI 1.69–2.97, p < 0.001) after Bonferroni adjustment.

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