From: Elevated serum lactate as a predictor of outcomes in patients following major abdominal surgery at a tertiary hospital in Uganda
Characteristic
(serum lactate for)
Sensitivity (%)
Specificity (%)
Positive predictive value (%)
Negative predictive value (%)
In-hospital mortality
35.29
96.26
60.00
90.35
SSIs
94.40
54.30
26.20
98.20