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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients on admission to the intensive care unit

From: Transpulmonary thermodilution-derived cardiac function index identifies cardiac dysfunction in acute heart failure and septic patients: an observational study

 

Sepsis

n = 9

Acute heart failure

n = 12

P value

Gender, male/female

5/4

10/2

0.33

Age, years

52 (37–65)

65 (55–71)

0.15

Body mass index, kg/m2

23.4 (20.4–25.5)

25.0 (23.3–29.7)

0.19

SAPS II

49 (41–63)

35 (27–65)

0.19

PaO2/FiO2 ratio, mm Hg

165 (115–206)

254 (210–377)

0.004

ProBNP, ng/L

13,104 (6,964–27,225)

13,822 (7,692–23,885)

0.92

Troponin T, μg/L

0.03 (0.01–0.40)

0.11 (0.03–2.57)

0.42

Creatinine, μmol/L

129 (97–215)

138 (114–191)

0.65

White blood cell count, per mm3

12.5 (9.7–18.8)

9.5 (7.3–12.6)

0.19

CRP, mg/L

244 (85–334)

28 (7–150)

0.006

PCT, ng/mL

18.0 (2.5–34.4)

0.3 (0.2–1.3)

0.001

LVEFa, percentage

60 (50–65)

28 (19–43)

0.005

  1. Data are presented as numbers or medians (interquartile ranges). Creatinine, norm 70 to 105 μmol/L. Troponin T, norm <0.10 μg/L. aEchocardiography was performed in seven patients with sepsis and in nine patients with acute heart failure. CRP: C-reactive protein (norm <5 mg/L); FiO2: inspired oxygen fraction; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; PaO2: partial arterial oxygen pressure; PCT: procalcitonin (norm <0.5 ng/mL); ProBNP: N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (norm <227 ng/L); SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score II.