Number of patients | 22 |
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Age (years) | 62 (57 to 71) |
Male/female | 16/6 |
Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score | 7 (5 to 9) |
Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score | 23 (16 to 30) |
Admission category | Â |
   Septic shock | 3 pneumonia, 3 abdominal sepsis, 1 meningitis |
   Circulatory failure not associated with sepsis | 3 hypovolemic/hemorrhagic, 3 cardiogenic, 4 postoperative, 2 trauma |
   Without circulatory failure or sepsis | 1 cerebrovascular accident, 2 postoperative |
Noradrenaline use | 16 (72%) |
Noradrenaline dose (μg/kg/minute) | 0.16 (0.07 to 0.24) |
Dobutamine use | 8 (36%) |
Dobutamine dose (μg/kg/minute) | 4.3 (3.6 to 6.3) |
Mechanical ventilation | 15 (68%) |
Survivor/nonsurvivor | 17/5 |