Admission blood lactate levels of patients diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease effects on short- and long-term mortality risk.

Objective: Our study was carried out on patients admitted to the emergency ward with acute stroke symptoms that were subsequently diagnosed with cerebrovascular disease. We aimed to examine the relationship between these patients' admission lactate levels and their 1-, 3-, and 12-month mortality rates in order to evaluate the prognostic value of lactate levels.

Methods: Our data were obtained retrospectively from 568 patients diagnosed with acute ischemic stroke at our emergency department between 1 January 2017 and 1 January 2018.