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Table 1 Patient characteristics and drugs

From: Withdrawing intra-aortic balloon pump support paradoxically improves microvascular flow

 

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Number of patients

15

Age (years)

65.7 ± 11.8

Male

12 (80)

Length (cm)

175 ± 11

Weight (kg)

81 ± 14

Hemoglobin level (μmol)

6.2 ± 0.7

Hematocrit (%)

30 ± 3.5

Arterial blood lactate (mmol/l)*

1.2 ± 0.4

Temperature (°C)

36.9 ± 1.0

APACHE II score

14.5 ± 5.3

History of vascular disease

5 (33)

Hypertension

6 (40)

Diabetes Mellitus

3 (20)

Chronic renal insufficiency

1 (7)

Dopamine (mg/h), nine patients

17.7 ± 8.7

Norepinephrine (mg/h), five patients

0.26 ± 0.2

Dobutamine (mg/h), two patients

15.0 ± 7.1

Nitroglycerine (mg/h), six patients

1.0 ± 0.0

Artificial ventilation

11 (73)

  1. Values are the number of patients, with percentages in parentheses. Catecholamine and vasopressors doses represent those used during SDF imaging. Other figures are mean ± standard deviation. *, When measured, 11 patients; APACHE II, acute physiology and chronic health evaluation scoring system II; SDF, sidestream dark field imaging