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Table 3 Incidence and clinical characteristics of diastolic dysfunction by definition employed

From: Application of a simplified definition of diastolic function in severe sepsis and septic shock

Characteristic

Grade 0

Grade I

Grade II

Grade III

p Value

ASE definition (n = 58 categorizable patients)

 Patients, n (%)

43 (25.7)

8 (5.4)

2 (1.2)

5 (3.0)

<0.01

 Age, years

54 (38–70)

71 (64–78)

54 (52–56)

74 (73–82)

0.01

 Female sex, %

46.5

50

100

40.0

0.79

 Hypertension, %

32.6

25.0

50

100

0.02

 Diabetes mellitus, %

25.6

50.0

100

60.0

0.18

 Ischemic heart disease, %

7.0

0.0

100

80.0

<0.01

 APACHE II score

25 (16–33)

33 (30–35)

28 (11–44)

22 (19–30)

0.64

 SOFA score on admission

9 (7–11)

10 (9–12)

9 (7–11)

7 (7–7)

0.22

 Percentage on vasopressors during hospitalization

70.0

87.5

50.0

60.0

0.53

 BMI, kg/m2

27.2 (21.8–36.5)

28.9 (22.1–34.5)

32.3 (28.8–35.9)

28.7 (28.0–36.4)

0.70

 E, cm/second

90.1 (77.3–102.5)

57.2 (50.8–93.1)

62.2 (54.1–70.4)

113.6 (112.3–130.5)

<0.01

 A, cm/second

74.8 (63.3–92.2)

85.3 (83.9–96.2)

68.6 (59.2–78.0)

34.4 (27.0–41.8)

0.05

 e′, cm/second

9.8 (9.0–11.0)

7.0 (5.7–8.6)

7.3 (7.3–7.3)

7.0 (6.1–7.2)

<0.01

 E/e′

9.1 (7.6–10.3)

8.1 (7.9–9.4)

9.7 (9.7–9.7)

15.5 (14.6–21.9)

<0.01

 DT, milliseconds

180 (158–211)

238 (229–282)

180 (180–180)

142 (121–147)

<0.01

 E/A

1.21 (1.04–1.39)

0.67 (0.54–0.87)

0.91 (0.90–0.91)

3.76 (2.69–4.84)

<0.01

 LAVI, ml/m2

23.7 (15.8–29.6)

55.6 (34.3–59.0)

35.2 (35.2–35.2)

34.7 (34.3–56.5)

<0.01

 Ejection fraction

60 (52–70)

75 (72–75)

55 (50–59)

62 (60–65)

0.01

 ICU-free days

25.4 (21.3–26.4)

24.8 (19.3–25.4)

25.1 (54.6–25.5)

24.0 (23.2–25.4)

0.42

 Mortality, %

27.9

37.5

100

60.0

0.41

 IVF administered in 6 h prior to TTE, ml

1231 (600–2000)

714 (141–2005)

633 (633–633)

1000 (1000–1000)

0.75

 IVF administered in 6 h after TTE, ml

1200 (575–2085)

500 (105–1486)

1068 (435–1700)

371 (100–1126)

0.40

Simplified definition (n = 146 categorizable patients)

 Patients, n (%)

50 (34.2)

3 (2.1)

37 (25.3)

56 (38.4)

<0.01

 Median age, years

55 (42–70)

86 (70–87)

60 (54–74)

72 (63–77)

<0.01

 Female sex, %

46.0

66.7

35.1

64.3

0.03

 Hypertension, %

38.0

100

59.5

73.2

<0.01

 Diabetes mellitus, %

24.0

100

24.3

57.1

<0.01

 Ischemic heart disease, %

10.0

100

13.5

41.1

<0.01

 APACHE II score

26 (17–34)

36 (33–37)

25 (16–31)

23 (19–29)

0.19

 SOFA score

9 (6–10)

9 (7–11)

9 (7–12)

7 (5–9)

0.07

 Percentage on vasopressors during hospitalization

54.0

33.3

37.8

32.1

0.12

 BMI, kg/m2

27 (22–35)

23 (16–34)

28 (23–32)

28 (24–34)

0.71

 E, cm/second

92.1 (80.4)

55.7 (36.7–58.1)

71.1 (58.6–77.7)

101.9 (87.1–117.1)

<0.01

 A, cm/second

78.4 (65.8–96.2)

89.3 (67–102.8)

93.5 (76.8–120.1)

93.5 (76.8–120.1)

0.02

 e′, cm/second

9.5 (8.6–10.7)

7.0 (6.0–7.4)

6.7 (6.0–7.3)

5.8 (4.7–6.4)

1.00

 E/e′

9.3 (7.9–11.4)

7.8 (6.1–7.9)

10.0 (9.6–11.6)

17.7 (14.7–20.6)

<0.01

 DT, milliseconds

181 (161–211)

229

208 (191–237)

189 (149–218)

0.05

 E/A

1.2 (1.0–1.4)

0.7 (0.4–0.8)

0.8 (0.7–1.0)

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

<0.01

 LAVI, ml/m2

23.7 (16.2–30.9)

16.6 (166–16.6)

21.0 (16.6–25.1)

25.3 (19.1–31.9)

0.18

 Ejection fraction

62 (56–70)

67 (55–75)

61 (50–70)

60 (45–70)

0.52

 ICU-free days

25 (22–26)

21 (21–25)

25 (24–26)

25 (24–26)

0.23

 Mortality, %

26.0

100

21.6

23.2

0.08

 IVF administered in 6 h prior to TTE, ml

1235 (481–2175)

593 (141–1045)

929 (245–2000)

1000 (212–1173)

0.27

 IVF administered in 6 h after TTE, ml

1284 (388–2092)

580 (500–5157)

472 (196–1050)

588 (300–1321)

0.05

  1. Abbreviations: A late diastolic velocity of mitral inflow, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, ASE American Society of Echocardiography, BMI body mass index, DT deceleration time of early diastolic filling, E early diastolic velocity of mitral inflow, e′ early diastolic mitral annular velocity, E/e′ ratio of early diastolic velocity of mitral inflow to mitral annular velocity, ICU intensive care unit, IVF intravenous fluid, LAVI left atrial volume index, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, TTE transthoracic echocardiography
  2. Continuous data are displayed as medians and interquartile ranges