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Table 1 Patient characteristics in all unmatched and matched patients

From: Characteristics of pulmonary artery catheter use in multicenter ICUs in Japan and the association with mortality: a multicenter cohort study using the Japanese Intensive care PAtient Database

 

Unmatched

Matched

PAC(−)

PAC(+)

SMD

PAC(−)

PAC(+)

SMD

Number of patients

48,181

11,741

 

5675

5675

 

Age, median year, IQR

71 [59, 79]

71 [63, 77]

0.06

71 [62, 78]

71 [62, 78]

 < 0.01

Male (%)

30,674 (63.7)

7703 (65.6)

0.04

3671 (64.7)

3694 (65.1)

0.01

Height, median cm, IQR

162 [154, 168]

162 [154, 169]

0.05

162 [154, 168]

162 [154, 169]

0.03

Body weight, median kg, IQR

58.0 [49.5, 67.6]

60.0 [51.7, 68.9]

0.11

60.0 [51.2, 70.0]

60.0 [51.7, 69.0]

0.01

BMI, median kg/m2, IQR

22.4 [19.8, 25.2]

22.9 [20.6, 25.6]

0.1

23.0 [20.5, 25.7]

22.9 [20.5, 25.5]

0.04

Hospital type (%)

  

0.35

  

0.04

 University hospital

22,776 (47.3)

7569 (64.5)

 

3012 (53.1)

3088 (54.4)

 

 Public hospital

15,817 (32.8)

2649 (22.6)

 

1760 (31.0)

1752 (30.9)

 

 Private hospital

9588 (19.9)

1523 (13.0)

 

903 (15.9)

835 (14.7)

 

Reason for ICU admission (%)

  

2.33

  

0.07

 Open-heart surgery

      

  TAA/AAD

1781 (3.7)

1920 (16.4)

 

1143 (20.1)

1043 (18.4)

 

  Valve surgery

1509 (3.1)

4165 (35.5)

 

1304 (23.0)

1335 (23.5)

 

  CABG

972 (2.0)

2336 (19.9)

 

857 (15.1)

878 (15.5)

 

  Valve + CABG

185 (0.4)

617 (5.3)

 

158 (2.8)

165 (2.9)

 

  Other open-heart surgery

1032 (2.1)

531 (4.5)

 

359 (6.3)

339 (6.0)

 

  Other cardiac surgery

340 (0.7)

213 (1.8)

 

159 (2.8)

144 (2.5)

 

 Cardiovascular disease

      

  Cardiogenic shock

165 (0.3)

144 (1.2)

 

86 (1.5)

92 (1.6)

 

  Cardiac arrest

1627 (3.4)

275 (2.3)

 

263 (4.6)

243 (4.3)

 

  AMI

1585 (3.3)

359 (3.1)

 

320 (5.6)

317 (5.6)

 

  Aortic aneurysm

1119 (2.3)

144 (1.2)

 

103 (1.8)

137 (2.4)

 

  Congestive heart failure

1650 (3.4)

331 (2.8)

 

286 (5.0)

288 (5.1)

 

 Other medical disease

16,604 (34.5)

311 (2.6)

 

275 (4.8)

302 (5.3)

 

 Other surgical disease

19,612 (40.7)

395 (3.4)

 

362 (6.4)

392 (6.9)

 

Root of ICU admission (%)

  

0.9

  

0.03

 Transfer from ward

2276 (4.7)

208 (1.8)

 

155 (2.7)

163 (2.9)

 

 Transfer from ER

11,987 (24.9)

963 (8.2)

 

819 (14.4)

866 (15.3)

 

 After elective surgery

15,862 (32.9)

8543 (72.8)

 

3319 (58.5)

3333 (58.7)

 

 After emergency surgery

7697 (16.0)

1230 (10.5)

 

754 (13.3)

712 (12.5)

 

 Other

10,359 (21.5)

797 (6.8)

 

628 (11.1)

601 (10.6)

 

ICU readmission (%)

3522 (7.3)

315 (2.7)

0.21

205 (3.6)

208 (3.7)

 < 0.01

Comorbidities (%)

      

 Heart failure

669 (1.4)

641 (5.5)

0.23

224 (3.9)

230 (4.1)

0.01

 Respiratory failure

893 (1.9)

130 (1.1)

0.06

89 (1.6)

79 (1.4)

0.01

 Immunosuppression

3773 (7.8)

282 (2.4)

0.25

204 (3.6)

198 (3.5)

0.01

 Hemodialysis

2893 (6.0)

995 (8.5)

0.1

414 (7.3)

415 (7.3)

 < 0.01

APACHE III median, IQR

65 [49, 85]

61 [50, 73]

0.22

62 [49, 77]

61 [50, 76]

0.02

Catecholamine use (%)

      

 Dopamine

4082 (8.5)

2979 (25.4)

0.46

1240 (21.9)

1210 (21.3)

0.01

 Noradrenaline

15,247 (31.6)

5477 (46.6)

0.31

2157 (38.0)

2210 (38.9)

0.02

 Dobutamine

5059 (10.5)

7249 (61.7)

1.26

2609 (46.0)

2605 (45.9)

 < 0.01

 Adrenaline

750 (1.6)

371 (3.2)

0.11

140 (2.5)

141 (2.5)

 < 0.01

  1. PAC Pulmonary artery catheter, SMD Standardized mean difference, IQR Interquartile range, TAA Thoracic aortic aneurysm, AAD Acute aortic dissection, CABG Coronary artery bypass grafting, AMI Acute myocardial infarction, BMI Body mass index, ICU Intensive care unit, ER Emergency room, APACHE Acute physiologic assessment and chronic health evaluation, Catecholamine use within 24 h after ICU admission