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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies.

From: Is early ventricular dysfunction or dilatation associated with lower mortality rate in adult severe sepsis and septic shock? A meta-analysis

Author

Year

Country

Study population

Definition of sepsis and septic shocka

Excluded underlying cardiac-related disease

Mean age (years)

Sample size (M/F)

Kimchi et al.

1984

USA

Septic shock

Author

No

65

25 (11/14)

Dhainaut et al.

1988

France

Septic shock

Author

-

47

23 (-/-)

Vincent et al.

1989

Belgium

Septic shock

Author

Yes

-

34 (11/23)

Vincent et al.

1992

Belgium

Septic shock

Author

-

59

68 (45/23)

Jardin et al.

1999

France

Septic shock

Consensus

Yes

55

90 (52/38)

McLean et al.

2007

Australia

Severe sepsis, septic shock

Consensus

No

63

40 (23/17)

Cariou et al.

2008

France

Septic shock

Consensus

Yes

59

10 (7/3)

Etchecopar-Chevreuil et al.

2008

France

Septic shock

Consensus

Yes

56

35 (19/16)

Vieillard-Baron et al.

2008

France

Septic shock

Consensus

Yes

65

67 (50/17)

Sturgess et al.

2010

Australia

Septic shock

Consensus

No

65

21 (13/8)

Furian et al.

2012

Brasil

Severe sepsis, septic shock

Consensus

Yes

51

45 (16/29)

Landesberg et al.

2012

Israel

Severe sepsis, septic shock

Consensus

Yes

61

262 (159/103)

Pulido et al.

2012

USA

Severe sepsis, septic shock

Consensus

Yes

65

106 (53/53)

Weng et al.

2012

China

Septic shock

Consensus

Yes

66

61 (33/28)

  1. aAuthor: Definition of sepsis and septic shock was defined by author but included at least positive culture or documented sources of infection, hypotension, and oligouria. Consensus: The ACCP/SCCM consensus conference definition was used.