Table 2 Ultrasound and laboratory indexes.

From: The value of right ventricular pulmonary artery coupling in determining the prognosis of patients with sepsis

 

All patients (n = 92)

Survivors (n = 55)

Non- Survivors (n = 37)

p

Left ventricular function index

 LVEF, %

57.5 (51, 61.25)

58 (51, 62)

56 (48, 59)

0.126

 LVS, cm/s

10.5 (8.8, 13.2)

10.9 (8.8, 14.05)

10.3 (8.6, 12.1)

0.198

 E/e

10.5 (8.8, 12.22)

9.6 (8.5, 11.8)

11.3 (9.6, 12.5)

0.060

Right ventricular function index

 FAC, %

38 (33.75, 43.25)

39 (35.5, 45)

36 (33, 40)

0.034*

 TAPSE, mm

14.5 ± 2.5

15.2 ± 2.5

13.3 ± 2.1

 < 0.001***

 RVS, cm/s

10.6 (9.5, 12.43)

11.1 (9.95, 13.1)

10.3 (9.2, 11.3)

0.023*

 PASP, mmHg

28 (24, 34)

27 (23.5, 32.5)

32 (26, 36)

0.015*

 TAPSE/PASP

0.50 (0.44, 0.62)

0.58 (0.47, 0.67)

0.45 (0.38, 0.48)

 < 0.001***

Laboratory indexes

 RDW

14.55 (13.7, 16.38)

14 (13.45, 14.9)

15.3 (14.1, 18)

0.004**

 LAC

2.85 (1.5, 4.53)

2 (1.4, 3.3)

3.9 (2.5, 5.6)

 < 0.001***

 IL-6

172 (54, 833)

100 (42, 222)

456 (197, 1517)

 < 0.001***

 NT-proBNP

708 (206, 1557)

815 (227, 2009)

431 (189, 1340)

0.450

 Oxygen content

13.3 ± 4.2

13.8 ± 4.8

12.7 ± 4.1

0.223

 CRP

126 (76, 182)

127 (73, 210)

122 (80, 169)

0.514

 PCT

26.3 (3.4, 65.5)

14.2 (3.5, 66.3)

33.0 (3.3, 64.7)

0.802

 CK

164 (63, 366)

234 (104, 451)

85 (58, 228)

0.020*

 CK-MB

17.5 (9, 22.3)

18 (10.5, 45)

16 (7, 28)

0.353

 LDH

228 (208, 478)

272 (200, 455)

309 (227, 543)

0.281

 AST

42 (25, 85)

43 (23, 71)

39 (28, 195)

0.405

  1. LVS Left Ventricular Strain, RVS Right Ventricular Strain, NT-proBNP N-Terminal pro B-type Natriuretic Peptide, CRP C-Reactive Protein, PCT Procalcitonin, CK Creatine Kinase, CK-MB Creatine Kinase-MB, LDH Lactate Dehydrogenase, AST Aspartate Aminotransferase.
  2. *P value of T-test < 0.05.
  3. P value of Fisher-test.