Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a serious public health issue all over the world. This study was designed to evaluate the prognostic value of lactate to albumin ratio (LAR) on patients with moderate to severe TBI.
Clinical data of 273 moderate to severe TBI patients hospitalized in West China Hospital between May 2015 and January 2018 were collected. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to explore risk factors and construct a prognostic model of in-hospital mortality in this cohort. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was drawn to evaluate the discriminative ability of this model.
Non-survivors had higher LAR than survivors (1.09 vs. 0.53,
Lactate to albumin ratio is a readily available prognostic marker of moderate to severe TBI patients. A prognostic model incorporating LAR is beneficial for clinicians to evaluate possible progression and make treatment decisions in TBI patients.