Abstract:Objective To study the predictive value of 24-hour blood lactic acid (LAC) clearance combined with peripheral blood neutrophil lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and procalcitonin (PCT) on the 28 day death risk of severe pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU).Methods Seventy-eight patients with severe pneumonia in General Hospital of Wanbei Coal-Electricity Group from December 2017 to December 2021 were selected as the research object, and they were divided into death group (n = 27) and survival group (n = 51) according to the 28 day death. The general data, 24 h lac clearance, NLR and PCT of the two groups were compared. The influencing factors of death within 28 d were analyzed by logistic regression, and the predictive value of 24 h lac clearance combined with NLR and PCT on the risk of death within 28 d was evaluated by ROC.Results There was no significant difference between the two groups in gender, age, smoking history, basic diseases, oxygen and index, body temperature, map, WBC, PLT and the use time of antibiotics (P > 0.05). The PSI score, Apache Ⅱ score and the proportion of mechanical ventilation treatment in the death group were higher than those in the survival group (P < 0.05). The 24 h lac clearance rate in the death group was lower than that in the survival group, and the levels of NLR and PCT were higher than those in the survival group (P < 0.05). Logistic regression analysis showed that PSI score [O^R =9.440 (95% CI: 4.108, 21.697) ], Apache Ⅱ score [O^R = 3.904 (95% CI: 1.699, 8.972) ], 24 h lac clearance rate [O^R =5.068 (95% CI: 2.205, 11.648) ], NLR [O^R = 8.199 (95% CI: 3.567, 18.843) ] and PCT [O^R = 5.766 (95% CI: 2.509, 13.252) ] were the influencing factors of death within 28 d (P < 0.05). ROC analysis showed that the cut off values of 24-hour lac clearance, NLR and PCT predicted death within 28 days were 26.10%, 5.95 and 11.27 μg/L; the sensitivity was 81.48% (95% CI: 0.613, 0.930), 59.26% (95% CI: 0.390, 0.770), and 66.67% (95% CI: 0.460, 0.828), respectively; the specificity was 72.55% (95% CI: 0.580,0.837), 82.35% (95% CI: 0.686, 0.911), 90.20% (95% CI:0.78,0.963), respectively; the AUC values were 0.809 (95% CI:0.704,0.889), 0.736 (95% CI:0.624, 0.830), 0.802 (95% CI:0.697, 0.884), respectively. The sensitivity of joint prediction was 92.59% (95% CI: 0.742, 0.987), the specificity was 86.27% (95% CI: 0.731, 0.938), and the AUC value was 0.946 (95% CI: 0.871, 0.985).Conclusion 24 h lac clearance, NLR and PCT showed significant abnormal changes in patients who died within 28d of severe pneumonia in ICU, which has good predictive value for prognosis evaluation.