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Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline

From: Arterial pressure-based cardiac output in septic patients: different accuracy of pulse contour and uncalibrated pressure waveform devices

Age (years)

59

(53 to 72)

Gender (M/F)

37:43

 

SAPS II

41

(37 to 80)

ARDS (n, %)

38

(47)

Source of infection

  

   Pneumonia (n, %)

64

(80)

   Peritonitis (n, %)

6

(7)

   Endocarditis (n, %)

5

(6)

   Fasciitis (n, %)

2

(3)

   Unknown

3

(4)

CItd (L/min/m2)

3.1

(2.2 to 3.5)

Vasopressors

  

   Norepinephrine (n, %)

53

(66)

   Dosage of norepinephrine (μg/kg/min)

0.43

(0.21 to 0.71)

   Dobutamine (n, %)

6

 
  1. n = 80.
  2. Data are expressed as median [25% to 75% interquartile] or as number (%).
  3. SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiologic Score; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; MAP, mean arterial pressure; CItd, cardiac index measured with transpulmonary thermodilution.