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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Fluid responsiveness prediction using Vigileo FloTrac measured cardiac output changes during passive leg raise test

 

All

Responders

Non-responders

 

n = 33

n = 10

n = 23

p

Age

60.0 (13.6)

58.4 (16.2)

60.7 (12.7)

0.70

Sex

 Male

15 (45 %)

4 (40 %)

11 (48 %)

0.97

 Female

18 (55 %)

6 (60 %)

12 (52 %)

 

Weight (kg)

72.1 (12.9)

75.0 (14.1)

70.9 (12.4)

0.44

APACHE II score

19.9 (6.9)

19.0 (5.8)

20.4 (7.5)

0.58

Died in hospital

 Yes

16 (48 %)

7 (70 %)

9 (39 %)

0.21

 No

17 (52 %)

3 (30 %)

14 (61 %)

 

Admission to PLR (h)

26 [18, 52]

38 [21,102]

26 [16, 42]

0.25

Arrhythmia

 Present

3/32 (9 %)

1/9 (11 %)

2/23 (9 %)

1.00

 Absent

29/32 (91 %)

8/9 (89 %)

21/23 (91 %)

 

Tidal volume (ml)

510 [463, 563]

540 [473, 660]

491 [460, 549]

0.39

Plateau pressure (cmH2O)

26.6 (7.1)

26.4 (5.5)

26.7 (7.7)

0.90

PEEP (cmH2O)

8.5 (2.5)

8.9 (2.8)

8.4 (2.4)

0.60

Respiratory rate (/min)

16.8 (4.2)

15.5 (2.4)

17.3 (4.7)

0.15

Spontaneous breathing

 Yes

6/30 (20 %)

2/9 (22 %)

4/21 (19 %)

1.00

 No

24/30 (80 %)

7/9 (78 %)

17/21 (81 %)

 

Arterial line site:

Femoral

4 (12 %)

1 (10 %)

3 (13 %)

1.00

Other (radial and brachial)

29 (88 %)

9 (90 %)

20 (87 %)

 

Diagnostic groups:

Septic shock

27 (82 %)

7 (70 %)

20 (87 %)

0.34

 – Endocarditis

1 (3 %)

0 (0 %)

1 (4 %)

–

 – Occult

7 (21 %)

2 (20 %)

5 (22 %)

–

 – Peritonitis

8 (24 %)

2 (20 %)

6 (26 %)

–

 – Pneumonia

11 (33 %)

3 (30 %)

8 (35 %)

–

SIRS

6 (18 %)

3 (30 %)

3 (13 %)

–

 – Ischaemic bowel

2 (6 %)

1 (10 %)

1 (4 %)

–

 – Occult

1 (3 %)

0

1 (4 %)

–

 – Pancreatico-duodenectomy

1 (3 %)

0

1 (4 %)

–

 – Pancreatitis

2 (6 %)

2 (20 %)

0

–

  1. Data are shown as mean (standard deviation), median (inter-quartile range), or number (percentage) with p value comparing responders to non-responders for certain characteristics. Sample sizes are as in column headings unless stated (some variables had small numbers of missing values)