Abstract:Objective To explore the relation between levels of blood lactic acid (LAC), blood lactic acid clearance rate (LCR) and red blood cell distribution width (RDW) in sepsis patients and prognosis. Methods Ninetytwo sepsis patients admitted to our hospital were collected from May 2016 to September 2018 as the observation group, the other 92 people with normal physical examination results in the same period as the control group. The observation group was divided into sepsis group (n = 46), severe sepsis group (n = 29) and sepsic shock group (n = 17) according to the severity of the disease. Before treatment, LAC and RDW were detected in the two groups. After treatment, LAC and RDW were detected and LCR was calculated in the observation group. The levels of LAC, RDW in the two groups before treatment were compared. The levels of LAC, LCR and RDW in the every subgroups were compared before and after treatment. Pearson correlation was used to analyze the correlation between LAC, LCR, RDW and severity of sepsis, and the relationship between LAC, RDW and prognosis of sepsis was analyzed by survival curve. Results The levels of LAC and RDW in the observation group were higher than control group before treatment (P < 0.05). Before and after treatment, the levels of LAC and RDW in severe sepsis subgroup and septic shock subgroup were higher than those in sepsis subgroup (P < 0.05), while LCR level was lower than that in sepsis subgroup (P < 0.05). After treatment, the levels of LAC and RDW in all subgroups were lower than those before treatment (P < 0.05). Pearson correlation analysis showed that LAC (r = 0.817) and RDW (r = 0.776) were positively correlated with the severity of sepsis (P < 0.05), and LCR (r = ﹣ 0.851) was negatively correlated with the severity of sepsis (P < 0.05). The median survival time of patients with low LAC was 36 days, which was higher than 28 days of patients with high LAC (χ2= 4.695, P = 0.022). The median survival time of patients with low RDW was 38 days, higher than 30 days of patients with high RDW (χ2= 3.668, P = 0.035). Conclusions The levels of LAC, LCR and RDW can reflect the severity of sepsis patients effectively, and the levels of LAC and RDW can effectively evaluate the prognosis of sepsis.