Utility of Lactate to Bilirubin Index in Predicting Short-Term Mortality in Acute on Chronic Liver Failure: A Single Centered Study
Syed Zahid Shah, Raja Taha Yaseen Khan, Sandeep Kumar, Nasir Mehmood, Muhammad Usman Naeem, Hina Ismail, Saleem Shahzad, Muhammad Ali Khalid, Ghulamullah Lail, Muhammad Adeel, Ghazi Abrar, Muhammad Qaiser Panezai, Vijesh Kumar, Danish Kumar, Abdullah Nasir, Mahboob Jan, Nasir Hasan Luck & Abdul Haseeb Memon · Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International · 2023
Introduction: Most of the lactate in the body is cleared in the liver. Tissue hypoxia results in increased production of lactate and decreased utility of it. Hepatic insult results not only an increase in the blood lactate levels but also is an independent prognostic marker in cr...