Table 1 Patient and sample characteristics of electrical velocimetry versus transthoracic echocardiography, based on 855 paired measurements
Characteristic | Total | OTX | SEPSIS | NEURO | PREM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients in each group ( n ) | 72 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 26 |
Paired measurements ( n ) | 855 | 372 | 213 | 96 | 243 |
Number of measurement days per patient (mean) | 1.98 | 2.20 | 2.05 | 1.56 | 1.60 |
Weight (kg) (median/mean, range) | 7.2/15.96 (0.84 to 86.00) | 10.0/18.64 (2.06 to 86.00) | 23.0/26.23 (2.06 to 60.00) | 14.5/18.90 (3.10 to 45.00) | 1.67/1.66 (0.84 to 2.40) |
Age (years) (median/mean, range) | 0.78/4.19 (0.01 to 17.87) | 1.56/4.76 (0.05 to 17.87) | 7.10/7.66 (0.16 to 17.87) | 2.89/4.16 (0.04 to 11.12) | 0.03/0.04 (0.01 to 0.11) |
Use of inotropes (%) | 29.47 | 37.27 | 50.47 | 50.00 | 0.00 |
Mechanical ventilation via endotracheal intubation (%) | 39.30 | 46.11 | 51.89 | 93.75 | 4.94 |
Any form of respiratory support (that is, non-invasive CPAP or ET tube) (%) | 51.58 | 49.33 | 54.72 | 93.75 | 43.21 |
Secondary closure of the abdomen (%) | 7.37 | 16.94 | 2.83 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
ICU survival rate (%) | 85.61 | 91.96 | 75.94 | 50.00 | 100.00 |