The logistic organ dysfunction system score predicts the prognosis of patients with alcoholic ketoacidosis

Alcoholic ketoacidosis (AKA) is occasionally associated with multiple complications leading to death. However, no study has yet evaluated prognostic factors in patients with AKA. It is known that the logistic organ dysfunction system (LODS) score is an objective and useful index to predict the prognosis. We used LODS score to predict prognosis of AKA. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 46 patients who were diagnosed as AKA in our hospital. The mean LODS score was 6.3. The probability of mortality based on the LODS score was 36.6%, and 16 patients (34.5%) did, in fact, die. The total LODS score and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were significantly higher in the non-survival group. Prothrombin activity, serum platelet number, and the serum albumin levels were significantly higher in the survival group. We found significant correlations between the LODS score and arterial pH, the albumin level, and the LDH concentration. Multivariate analysis showed that the serum albumin and LDH levels were independently associated with survival in AKA patients. AKA patients suffered high-level mortality and the LODS score was an accurate predictor of prognosis. Clinicians may use the LODS score to this end.