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cord-011029-sbds5sda	Portran, Philippe	Improving the prognostic value of ∆PCO(2) following cardiac surgery: a prospective pilot study	2019-07-10		.txt	text/plain	4593	246	49	We compared the prognostic value of ∆PCO(2) on intensive care unit (ICU) admission to an original algorithm combining ∆PCO(2), ERO(2) and lactate to identify different risk profiles. An algorithm incorporating ICU admission values of ∆PCO(2), ERO(2) and lactate defined a high-risk profile that predicted prolonged ICU and hospital stays better than ∆PCO(2) alone. Surrogate markers like central venous to arterial PCO 2 difference (ΔPCO 2 ), oxygen extraction ratio (ERO 2 ) and lactate are used to evaluate this adequacy [2, 3] . In this pilot study, we evaluate the prognostic value of ΔPCO 2 at the time of ICU admission and compare it to an original algorithm combining ΔPCO 2 , ERO 2 and lactate to identify different risk profiles after elective conventional cardiac surgery. The algorithm combining ΔPCO 2 with ERO 2 and lactate identified 12 patients with a low-risk profile and 13 patients with a high-risk profile at the time of admission.	./cache/cord-011029-sbds5sda.txt	./txt/cord-011029-sbds5sda.txt