N-Acetyl Cysteine and Reduced Lactate Level

• Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of N-acetylcysteine on outcomes after liver resection.

  • 2024-08-05
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 388
  • ANZ journal of surgery 94(10)
  • • Amanda Koh
    • Tiffany Wong
    • Alfred Adiamah
    • Sudip Sanyal

  • PubMed: 39101362
  • DOI: 10.1111/ans.19183

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Lactate Level

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  Post-operative lactate was lower in patients receiving NAC (WMD -0.61, 95% CI -1.19 to -0.04, I² = 67%).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  Yes