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

Table 4

Summary of significant results from venous blood gas tests.

Venous blood gas
Parameter	Died	Survived	Mann–Whitney test	Logistic regression
				OR (95% CI)
HCO3^− median (Q1–Q3), mmol/L	21 (17.3–25.2)	24.6 (23.7–25.8)	0.029	0.95 (0.841–1.064)	0.356
LAC median (Q1–Q3), mmol/L	2.6 (1.5–4.7)	1.7 (1.1–2.25)	0.014	1.8 (1.129–2.875)	0.013

For the clarity, in each table the P < 0.05 has been highlighted in bold letters.