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Table 2 Intraoperative data

From: Post cardiac surgery vasoplegia is associated with high preoperative copeptin plasma concentration

 

PCSV patients (n= 10)

Controls (n= 54)

P value

Surgery

   

   Ascending aorta (%)

2 (20)

7 (13)

0.63

   Coronary artery bypass graft (%)

0 (0)

21 (39)

0.02

   Valve (%)

8 (80)

26 (48)

0.09

   Redo (%)

3 (30)

3 (6)

0.04

Fluid administration

   

   Crystalloids (ml)

20,000 (1,500 to 3,000)

2,000 (2,000 to 25,000)

0.97

   Colloids (ml)

0 (0 to 500)

500 (0 to 500)

0.73

   Transfusion (packed red cell units)

2 (0 to 5)

0 (0 to 2)

0.10

Perioperative treatments

   

   Number of patients treated with ephedrine (%)

4 (40)

23 (42.6)

1.00

   Dobutamine total dose (mg)

35 (25 to 60)

0 (0 to 0)

0.001

   Furosemid total dose (mg)

5 (0 to 10)

0 (0 to 0)

0.161

AVP and copeptin

   

   AVP during CPB (pmol/l)

9.3 (1.3 to 11.4)

6.4 (1.8 to 18.4)

0.78

   Copeptin during CPB (pmol/l)

50.8 (35.9 to 63.4)

9.4 (3.77 to 36.3)

0.02

  1. Data expressed as the median (25th to 75th percentiles). AVP, arginine-vasopressin; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; PCSV, post cardiac surgery vasodilatation.