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Table 1 Patient’s demographic and clinical characteristics at T1

From: Non-invasive detection of a femoral-to-radial arterial pressure gradient in intensive care patients with vasoactive agents

 

All patients

No significant

Significant

p value

FR-APG

FR-APG

n (%)

81

66 (81)

15 (19)

 

Gender, male/female, n

53/28

44/22

9/6

0.85

Age, year

68 [58, 75]

68 [58, 75]

70 [65, 76]

0.365

Height, cm

168 (10)

168 (10)

169 (11)

0.761

Weight, kg

80 [71, 94]

80 [71, 94]

81 [75, 87]

0.863

BMI, cm/kg2

29 (5)

29 (6)

29 (4)

0.848

Background

    

 Hypertension

53 (66%)

41 (63%)

12 (80%)

0.344

 Diabetes melitus

23 (29%)

15 (23%)

8 (53%)

0.044

 Ischemic cardiomyopathy

41 (51%)

36 (55%)

5 (33%)

0.231

Clinical context

    

 Cardiac surgery

68

57 (86%)

11(73%)

0.247

 Septic shock

5

4 (6%)

1 (7%)

0.904

 Other

8

5 (8%)

3 (20%)

0.162

Cardiac and metabolic function

    

 LVEF, %

54 [40, 60]

52 [40, 60]

56 [49, 65]

0.144

 Lactate, mmol/L

1.95 [1.10, 2.70]

1.8 [1.0, 2.4]

2.8 [1.6, 5.2]

0.021

 Temperature, °C

36.7 (0.7)

36.7 (0.7)

36.9 (1.0)

0.511

 ScvO2, %

73 [68, 77]

73 [67, 77]

71 [70, 77]

0.76

 Mean NIRS, %

69 [69, 70]

70 [69, 70]

69 [68, 69]

0.14

Fluid

    

 Fluid intake, mL

2472 [1833, 3189]

2475 [1805, 3275]

2315 [2113, 2600]

0.731

 Fluid loss, mL

1362 [593, 2401]

1398 [635, 2637]

1325 [527, 1715]

0.507

 Fluid balance, mL

1320 [612, 2014]

1300 [573, 1851]

1775 [934, 2619]

0.165

 Creatinine, µmol/L

105 [81, 138]

103 [80, 127]

121 [89, 168]

0.379

Severity scores

    

 SAPS2

35 (7)

34 (7)

39 (10)

0.146

 SOFA score

6 [4, 7]

5 [4, 7]

6 [5, 8]

0.218

Drugs

    

 Norepinephrine, µg/kg/min

0.16 [0.08, 0.28]

0.15 [0.08, 0.25]

0.30 [0.15, 0.50]

0.02

 Epinephrine, µg/kg/min

0.07 [0.04, 0.10]

0.05 [0.04, 0.08]

0.09 [0.07, 0.10]

0.294

 Vasopressine, ui/kg/min

2.40 [2.40, 2.40]

2.40 [2.40, 2.40]

2.40 [2.40, 2.40]

0.378

 Dobutamine, µg/kg/min

3.00 [2.50, 5.00]

2.50 [2.50, 3.75]

4.00 [3.50, 4.50]

0.361

 Milrinone, µg/kg/min

0.34 [0.25, 0.47]

0.31 [0.25, 0.41]

0.40 [0.35, 0.45]

0.411

Hemodynamic

    

 HR, beat/min

78 (12)

77 (12)

83 (11)

0.249

Radial artery

    

SAP, mmHg

103 (17)

107 (16)

89 (13)

 < 0.001

DAP, mmHg

54 (10)

56 (9)

46 (10)

 < 0.001

MAP, mmHg

69 (11)

72 (9)

58 (10)

 < 0.001

Femoral artery

    

SAP, mmHg

113(15)

110 (13)

125 (18)

 < 0.001

DAP, mmHg

55 (9)

56 (8)

50 (8)

0.009

MAP, mmHg

72 [68, 78]

72[68, 78]

70 [64, 77]

0.315

  1. Variables are expressed as mean (standard deviation) or median [interquartile range] according to their distributions
  2. BMI body mass index; DAP diastolic arterial pressure; LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction; MAP mean arterial pressure; NIRS near-infrared spectroscopy; FR-APG femoral-to-radial arterial pressure gradient; HR heart rate; SAP systolic arterial pressure; SAPS2 Simplified Acute Physiology Score; ScVO2 central venous oxygenation saturation; SIRS systemic inflammatory response syndrome; SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment
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Journal of Intensive Care

ISSN: 2052-0492