Disturbed fluid responsiveness and lactate/pyruvate ratio as predictors for mortality of septic shock patients

After fluid resuscitation and hemodynamic stability, persistently elevated BLL could predict mortality, while elevated BPL could predict survival of septic shock patients. Continuous non-invasive evaluation of fluid responsiveness judged by PVI and SI could provide sensitive screening for survival outcome of shocked patients. Wider scale comparative studies are mandatory for establishment of discriminative PVI and BLL cutoff points for prediction of survival of shocked patients.