Table 2.

Literature on lactate as an outcome predictor in adult multiple trauma patients

Author (year) [ref.]	Trauma patients	Outcome prediction
Oestern et al. (1978/1979) [93,94]	50	Survival
Brandl et al. (1989) [95]	51	Survival
Siegel et al. (1990) [29]	185	Survival
Woltmann and Kress (1991) [96]	35	Survival
Nast-Kolb et al. (1992) [97]	100	Survival
Waydhas et al. (1992) [98]	100	MOF, sepsis
Roumen et al. (1993) [99]	56	MOF, ARDS
Abramson et al. (1993) [61]	76	Survival
Sauaia et al. (1994) [100]	394	MOF
Dunham et al. (1994) [101]	17	MOF, ARDS
Scalea et al. (1994) [102]	30	Intracranial pressure
Manikis et al. (1995) [103]	129	MOF, survival
Ivatury et al. (1995) [104]	27	Survival
Regel et al. (1996) [105]	342	MOF
Mikulaschek et al. (1996) [64]	52	Survival
Charpentier et al. (1997) [106]	20	Survival
Nast-Kolb et al. (1997) [107]	66	MOF
Cairns et al. (1997) [85]	24	MOF
Sauaia et al. (1998) [108]	411	MOF
Blow et al. (1999) [109]	116	MOF, survival
Claridge et al. (2000) [110]	364	Infection, survival
Crowl et al. (2000) [111]	77	'Postoperative complications'
Rixen et al. (2000) [77]	80	ARDS
Ertel et al. (2001) [112]	20	Severity of hemorrhage, survival
Cerovic et al. (2003) [113]	98	Injury severity, survival
Egger et al. (2004) [114]	26	Injury severity

ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; MOF, multiple organ failure.