Clinical Evaluation of Subcutaneous Lactate Measurement in Patients after Major Cardiac Surgery

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

	Graz	Prague	Total
Patients [𝑛]	20	20	40
Age [years]	68.6±7	66.0±11	67.3±9
Female [𝑛]	5	3	8
Ethnicity: Caucasian [𝑛]	20	20	40
BMI [kg/m^2]	28.2±4.9	27.0±4.0	27.6±4.4
History of Diabetes [𝑛]	6	10	16
BP syst. [mmHg]	108±10	119±10	114±11
BP diast. [mmHg]	54±5	57±5	55±5
Heart Rate	90±10	88±7	89±9
APACHE II^§ score	10.1±3.2	11.4±4.5	10.7±3.9

Data are mean ±SD, [𝑛] number of patients; ^§Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II score [14].