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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies

From: Terlipressin for septic shock patients: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled study

Study ID

Setting

Type of shock

 

Patient characteristics

  

Number of participants

Mean age (years)

Prognostic index

Baseline mean MAP (mmHg)

Baseline mean LAC (mmol/L)

Regimen

Target MAP (mmHg)

Albanèse 2005 [13]

Mix-ICU

SS

TP (n = 10)

66

28 (A II)

54

NR

TP 1 mg bolus once or twice

65–75

NE (n = 10)

65

29 (A II)

54

NE 0.3 μg/kg/min followed by 0.3 μg/kg/min increments at 4-min intervals

Yildizdas 2008 [14]

PICU

CRSS

TP (n = 30)

2

26.4 (P)

56

NR

TP 20 μg/kg bolus every 6 h for at most 96 h

> 2 SD for age

DA+DB (n = 28)

2

27.9 (P)

56

DA 0–20 μg/kg/min, DB 0-15 μg/kg/min, if need E 0–2 μg/kg/min

Morelli 2008 [9]

Mix-ICU

SS

TP+NE (n = 19)

66

60 (S II)

74

3

TP 1 mg bolus, NE 0.9 μg/kg/min

65–75

TP+DB+NE (n = 20)

66

61 (S II)

72

3

TP 1 mg bolus, DB 3–20 μg/kg/min, NE 0.9 μg/kg/min

NE (n = 20)

67

59 (S II)

73

3

NE titrated

Morelli 2009 [10]

Mix-ICU

SS

TP (n = 15)

67

62 (S II)

53

3

TP 1.3 μg/kg/h

65–75

NE (n = 15)

64

58 (S II)

54

3

NE 15 μg/min

Svoboda 2012 [2]

TICU

CRSS

TP (n = 13)

70

18 (SOFA)

71

7

TP 4 mg/24 h

65–75

NE (n = 17)

75

18 (SOFA)

74

8

NE titrated

Hua 2013 [21]

Mix-ICU

ARDS+shock

TP (n = 16)

57

19 (A II); 42 (S II)

59

NR

TP 1.4 μg/kg/h

65–75

DA (n = 16)

52

18 (A II); 48 (S II)

58

DA 0–20 μg/kg/min

Xiao 2015 [22]

Mix-ICU

SS

TP+NE (n = 15)

62

NR

66

3.2

TP 1.3 μg/kg/h

65–90

NE (n = 17)

63

64

3.6

NE titrated

Choudhury 2016 [24]

LICU

Cirrhosis+SS

TP (n = 42)

47

14 (SOFA)

61

3

TP 1.3–5.2 μg/min

≥ 65

NE (n = 42)

48

15 (SOFA)

60

3

NE 7.5-60 μg/min

Chen 2017 [23]

Mix-ICU

ARDS+SS

TP (n = 31)

59

23 (A II)

55

NR

TP 0.01–0.04 U/min

65–75

NE (n = 26)

56

21 (A II)

54

NE titrated

Liu 2018 [8]

Mix-ICU

SS

TP (N = 260)

61

19 (A II); 11 (SOFA)

68

4

TP 20-160 μg/h

65–75

NE (n = 266)

61

19 (A II); 11 (SOFA)

68

4

NE 4-160 μg/h

  1. A II acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, CRSS catecholamine-resistant septic shock, DA dopamine, DB dobutamine, E epinephrine, LAC lactate, LICU liver intensive care unit, MAP mean arterial pressure, Mix-ICU intensive care unit, NE noradrenaline, NR not report, P pediatric risk of mortality, PICU pediatric intensive care unit, S II simplified acute physiologic score II, SD standard deviation, SOFA sequential organ failure assessment score, SS septic shock, TICU trauma intensive care unit, TP terlipressin