Fig. 4

Relationship between the time to complete the initial lactate measurement and 28-day mortality. The odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals (error bars) for each time point were calculated after multivariate adjustment for age, gender, weight, admission type, admission period, severity scores, use of mechanical ventilation, use of RRT, administration of vasopressors, comorbidities, site of infection, MAP, and initial lactate level