Consecutive Daily Measurements of Luminal Concentrations of Lactate in the Rectum in Septic Shock Patients

Table 3

SAPS II score, SOFA score at inclusion and day 5 of patients with an increase or decrease/no change In luminal rectal lactate from day 1 to day 2 or from day 2 to day 3, respectively.

	From day 1 to day 2		P	From day 2 to day 3		P
	Increase in	Decrease in		Increase in	Decrease in
	rectal lactate	rectal lactate		rectal lactate	rectal lactate
	(𝑛=11)	(𝑛=11)		(𝑛=7)	(𝑛=8)
SAPS II	64	46	0.07	53	55	0.96
	(48–74)	(28–53)		(46–74)	(43–72)
SOFA	12	10	0.14	13	13	0.78
(at inclusion)	(11–15)	(8–13)		(10–14)	(10–16)
SOFA	8	8	0.67	8	7	0.54
(day 5)	(4–13)	(6–11)		(8–13)	(4–13)

Values are medians (25th–75th percentiles). Statistical analysis comparing values between patients with an increase or a decrease/no change in rectal luminal lactate were done using the Mann-Whitney test.