The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea

<div>ROC plot for ABG results. LAC: cutoff 1.5 mmol/L (sensitivity = 0.94 (0.73–0.99), specificity = 0.64 (0.41–0.83)), AUC 0.81; HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>−</sup>: cutoff 24.7 mmol/L (sensitivity = 0.75 (0.51–0.91), specificity = 0.83 (0.59–0.96)), AUC 0.7; BE: cutoff −0.9 (sensitivity = 0.79 (0.54–0.94), specificity = 0.78 (0.52–0.96)), AUC 0.77.</div>

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Figure 2: The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea 