The arterial blood pressure associated with terminal cardiovascular collapse in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Bivariate correlations between arterial blood pressures at terminal cardiovascular collapse and predefined cofactors ^a

Cofactor	Systolic arterial blood pressure		Mean arterial blood pressure		Diastolic arterial blood pressure
Cofactor	Pearson coefficient	P -value	Pearson coefficient	P -value	Pearson coefficient	P -value
Age (yr)	0.1	0.24	0.11	0.2	0.07	0.38
SpO₂ (%)	−0.06	0.54	0.02	0.82	0.05	0.63
Temperature (°C)	−0.08	0.41	−0.09	0.31	−0.13	0.17
Hemoglobin (g/dl)	0.03	0.69	0.04	0.69	<0.01	0.99
PaCO₂ (mmHg)	0.15	0.08	0.08	0.38	0.03	0.7
SOFA score (points)	−0.04	0.61	0.06	0.48	0.14	0.11
Sedative and/or opioid exposure	−0.17	0.048^b	−0.185	0.03^b	−0.16	0.06

^aPaCO₂, partial carbon dioxide pressure; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SpO₂, plethysmographic oxygen saturation. ^bSignificant correlation.

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