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Table 2 Cardiovascular variables in pressure responders and pressure nonresponders, expressed as median (25th to 75th percentiles) or mean (SD)

From: Dynamic arterial elastance predicts mean arterial pressure decrease associated with decreasing norepinephrine dosage in septic shock

 

Before

After

HR (beats/min)

  

Responders

84 (15)a

83 (15)a

Nonresponders

95 (17)

95 (18)

SAP (mm Hg)

  

Responders

119 (12)

94 (11)a, b

Nonresponders

119 (13)

116 (14)b

DAP (mm Hg)

  

Responders

56 (4)

45 (5)a, b

Nonresponders

59 (13)

57 (13)b

PP (mm Hg)

  

Responders

63 (10)

50 (8)a, b

Nonresponders

60 (12)

58 (11)

MAP (mm Hg)

  

Responders

77 (6)

61 (6)a, b

Nonresponders

79 (12)

77 (12)b

CVP (mm Hg)

  

Responders

11 (5)

11 (5)

Nonresponders

11 (5)

11 (5)

ΔrespSV (%)

  

Responders

8 (6–15)

10 (8–15)

Nonresponders

10 (7–13)

10 (7–15)

ΔrespPP (%)

  

Responders

7 (4–11)

9 (5–12)

Nonresponders

10 (8–14)

10 (5–15)

Eadyn

  

Responders

0.75 (0.69-0.85)a

0.79 (0.67-1.04)

Nonresponders

1 (0.83-1.22)

0.9 (0.74-1.07)b

Arterial compliance (ml/mm Hg)

  

Responders

1.2 (0.93-1.5)

1.5 (1.2-1.8)a, b

Nonresponders

0.98 (0.86-1.3)

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

SV (ml)

  

Responders

70 (58–101)

67 (57–95)

Nonresponders

60 (53–75)

63 (53–77)

CO (L/min)

  

Responders

6.2 (1.3)

6 (1.4)

Nonresponders

6.1 (1.8)

6.05 (1.8)

GEDV (ml)

  

Responders

1,367 (361)

1,313 (334)

Nonresponders

1,371 (329)

1,375 (350)

SVR (Dyn/s/cm−3)

  

Responders

891 (222)

703 (194)a, b

Nonresponders

963 (377)

942 (359)

CFI (L/min)

  

Responders

4.7 (1.1)

4.7 (1.1)

Nonresponders

4.6 (1.4)

4.5 (1.3)

  1. CO, cardiac output; CFI, cardiac function index; ΔrespSV, respiratory Stroke Volume variation; ΔrespPP, respiratory pulse pressure variation; DAP, diastolic arterial pressure; Ea: arterial elastance; Eadyn: dynamic arterial elastance; GEDV, global end-diastolic volume; HR, heart rate; MAP, mean arterial pressure; PLR, passive leg raising; PP, pulse pressure; SAP, systolic arterial pressure; SV, stroke volume. aP < 0.05 between groups, bP < 0.05 within groups.