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Table 2 Baseline hemodynamic and echocardiographic data of survivors and nonsurvivors at the onset of septic shock (day 1)

From: The prognostic value of left ventricular systolic function measured by tissue Doppler imaging in septic shock

 

Survivors

(n= 37)

Non-survivors

(n= 24)

P value

Hemodynamic parameters

   

   Heart rate, beats/min

103 (90-114)

120 (90-140)

0.004

   Mean arterial pressure, mm Hg

76 (74-83)

74 (70-82)

0.189

   Central venous pressure, mm Hg

16 (12-17)

14 (11-19)

0.911

   Dopamine, n (%)

17 (46)

10 (42)

 

Dose, μg/kg/min

5.0 (4.0-10.0)

6.0 (4.5-10.0)

0.836

   Norepinephrine, n (%)

30 (81)

19 (79)

 

Dose, μg/kg/min

0.3 (0.2-0.5)

0.6 (0.2-1.0)

0.007

   Balance on day 0, ml/24 hours

1,180 (445-2,140)

1,850 (15-3,004)

0.640

Echocardiographic data

   

   Systolic parameters

   

LVEDV, ml

72 (54-98)

63 (56-78)

0.110

LVESV, ml

30 (20-52)

26 (19-34)

0.169

LVEF biplane, %

56 (36-65)

63 (52-66)

0.111

LVEF biplane < 50%, n (%)

12 (33)

4 (17)

0.234

Sa, cm/sec

7.8 (5.5-9.0)

11.0 (9.1-12.5)

< 0.0001

Sa > 9 cm/s, n (%)

6 (17)

18 (75)

< 0.0001

   Diastolic parameters

   

E/A

0.9 (0.7-1.4)

0.7 (0.6-1.2)

0.171

Ea, cm/sec

8.3 (5.8-10.0)

7.0 (6.0-11.0)

0.634

Ea < 8 cm/sec, n (%)

15 (42)

12 (52)

0.429

E/Ea

11.1 (8.5-14.6)

11.1 (6.6-14.1)

0.206

  1. E, peak velocity of early diastolic transmitral flow; Ea, early diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus; E/A, the ratio of mitral valve peak E-wave and peak A-wave velocity; EDT, deceleration time of mitral E wave; LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume; LVEF, left ventricle ejection fraction; LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume; Sa, peak systolic velocity measured at mitral annulus.