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Table 5 NIRS data of skeletal muscle tissue oxygenation (StO2) during vascular occlusion test in patients with heart failure and additional sepsis

From: Near-infrared spectroscopy during stagnant ischemia estimates central venous oxygen saturation and mixed venous oxygen saturation discrepancy in patients with severe left heart failure and additional sepsis/septic shock

NIRS data

All

(n = 52)

Treatment

with dobutemine

(n = 43)

Treatment

without dobutamine

(n = 9)

P value

Basal StO2 (%)

89 ± 8

88 ± 8

92 ± 6

0.1

StO2 deoxygenation

rate (%/min)

-12.6 ± 4.9

-12.7 ± 5.2

-12.6 ± 4.6

0.9

  1. NIRS, near-infrared spectroscopy; StO2, skeletal muscle tissue oxygenation.
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