| Patients with sepsis | Patients without sepsis | ||||
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Hemodynamic variable** | DEX (n = 31) | LZ (n = 32) | P value | DEX (n = 21) | LZ (n = 19) | P value |
Number of days on vasoactive drugs | 1 (1) | 2 (2) | 0.08 | 1.5 (2.2) | 0.3 (0.9) | 0.08 |
Average daily number of vasoactive drugs | 1.1 (0.2) | 1.6 (0.5) | 0.004 | 1.6 (0.9) | 1 (0) | 0.2 |
Ever vasoactive drugs increased | 26% | 47% | 0.08 | 33% | 16% | 0.2 |
Sinus bradycardia (< 60 beats/min) | 13% | 6% | 0.4 | 24% | 0% | 0.02 |
Sinus tachycardia (> 100 beats/min) | 81% | 84% | 0.7 | 52% | 53% | 1 |