Can the Preoperative Serum Lactate Level Predict the Extent of Bowel Ischemia in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department with Acute Mesenteric Ischemia?

Table 1

Baseline characteristics. ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists. Yrs: years. ±: interquartile range.

Demographic characteristics
Gender
(i) Female	36 (48.0%)
(ii) Male	39 (52.0%)
Age
(i) Median	yrs
(ii) Range	29–92 yrs
ASA Score
(i) 1	1 (1.3%)
(ii) 2	11 (14.7%)
(iii) 3	28 (37.3%)
(iv) 4	28 (37.3%)
(v) 5	7 (9.3%)