Table 2 Acute illness severity and treatments performed of patients with NLVEF compared with HDLVEF

Acute illness indicators

 SOFA score

6 [3–9]

7 [4–10]

<0.01

 Sepsis

1025 (40 %)

150 (46 %)

0.04

 Heart rate maximum, beats/min

113 [98–130]

120 [103–139]

<0.01

 MAP minimum, mmHg

56 [48–64]

52 [43–62]

<0.01

 Temperature maximum (°C)

37.8 [37.3–38.5]

37.9 [37.4–38.5]

0.6

Selected laboratory results

 WBC max k/μL

13.3 [9.4–18.3]

14.6 [10.2–20.5]

<0.01

 Lactate max mMol/L

2.1 [1.4–3.7]

2.6 [1.6–4.8]

<0.01

 Creat max mg/dL

1.1 [0.8–1.8]

1.2 [0.8–2.0]

0.04

Treatments received

 Renal replacement

288 (11 %)

50 (15 %)

0.04

 Vasopressor use

741 (29 %)

125 (39 %)

<0.01

 Mechanical ventilation

1298 (51 %)

198 (61 %)

<0.01

 IV fluids, L (first 24 h)

2.2 [0.6–5.2]

2.5 [0.7–5.7]

0.2