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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of propensity-matched groups for dopamine use

From: Dopamine use and its consequences in the intensive care unit: a cohort study utilizing the Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database

 

No dopamine (N = 570)

Dopamine (N = 570)

SMD

Year = 2019 (%)

345 (60.5)

354 (62.1)

0.032

Age (mean years, SD)

70.3 (12.2)

70.6 (11.9)

0.031

Gender (Male, %)

350 (61.4)

336 (58.9)

0.050

Weight (mean kg, SD)

57.0 (13.2)

57.2 (13.9)

0.018

Height (mean cm, SD)

160.0 (10.7)

159.4 (10.8)

0.054

Comorbidities (%)

   

 Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

1 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

0.059

 Congestive heart failure

31 (5.4)

32 (5.6)

0.008

 Respiratory failure

12 (2.1)

10 (1.8)

0.026

 Use of immunosuppressants

25 (4.4)

23 (4.0)

0.017

 On hemodialysis

44 (7.7)

47 (8.2)

0.019

Days before ICU after admission (mean, SD)

9.6 (18.6)

10.0 (21.0)

0.019

Code blue or Rapid Response Team / Medical Emergency Team (%)

19 (3.3)

15 (2.6)

0.041

Reason for ICU admission (%)

  

0.081

 Transfer from ward

65 (11.4)

63 (11.1)

 

 Transfer from emergency room

92 (16.1)

92 (16.1)

 

 Elective surgery

302 (53.0)

287 (50.4)

 

 Urgent surgery

29 (5.1)

30 (5.3)

 

 Other

29 (5.1)

30 (5.3)

 

Diagnosis code (%)

   

 Cardiovascular

334 (58.6)

344 (60.4)

0.036

Valvular surgery

109

97

 

 Coronary artery bypass graft

67

70

 

 Elective surgery, aortic aneurysm

43

26

 

Infection

75 (13.2)

73 (12.8)

0.010

 Gastrointestinal perforation/rupture

16

20

 

 Bacterial pneumonia

15

8

 

 Septic shock

5

10

 

APACHE II (mean, SD)

21.3 (8.1)

20.9 (8.0)

0.052

APACHE III (mean, SD)

81.7 (29.8)

82.5 (29.6)

0.024

SAPS II (mean, SD)

47.2 (18.4)

47.2 (18.0)

0.002

Mechanical ventilation during the first 24 h (%)

561 (98.4)

559 (98.1)

0.027

AKI during the first 24 h (%)

42 (7.4)

39 (6.8)

0.020

Adrenaline during the first 24 h (%)

45 (7.9)

43 (7.5)

0.013

Dobutamine during the first 24 h (%)

231 (40.5)

216 (37.9)

0.054

Noradrenaline during the first 24 h (%)

570 (100.0)

362 (63.5)

1.072

  1. SMD Standard Mean Difference, SD Standard Deviation, APACHE III Acute Physiological Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score. ICU Intensive care unit, AKI Acute kidney injury
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