Table 1 Baseline characteristics.

From: The association of midregional pro-adrenomedullin (MR-proADM) at ICU admission and fluid overload in patients post elective cardiac surgery

Fluid overload

    

Characteristics

Overall (N = 331)

No (N = 111)

Yes (N = 221)

p-value

Demographics

  Sex

   

0.228

    Male

26 (79%)

10 (91%)

16 (73%)

 

    Female

7 (21%)

1 (9%)

6 (27%)

 

  Age (years)

66.3 (9.0)

69.4 (7.5)

64.8 (9.4)

0.174

  Height

172.5 (10.1)

174.3 (6.2)

171.6 (11.6)

0.482

  Weight

85.9 (74.1, 98.8)

87.9 (80.9, 91.5)

85.7 (72.6, 104.7)

0.962

  BMI

27.9 (4.5)

28.2 (3.4)

27.8 (5.0)

0.823

  Randomisation group

    

    Hypertonic saline

14 (42%)

3 (27%)

11 (50%)

0.3

    Normale saline

11 (33%)

3 (27%)

8 (36%)

0.7

    Standard of care

8 (24%)

5 (45%)

3 (14%)

0.08

  ASA classification

    

    4

33 (100%)

11 (100%)

22 (100%)

 

Comorbidities

  LVEF (%) at baseline

60 (50, 65)

60 (55, 66)

60 (50, 65)

0.367

  Known chronic renal disease

2 (6.1%)

0 (0%)

2 (9.1%)

0.302

Surgery/Anaesthesia characteristics

  Duration anaesthesia (h)

5.7 (1.2)

5.4 (0.9)

5.8 (1.4)

0.414

  Duration surgery (h)

3.9 (1.1)

3.8 (0.9)

3.9 (1.2)

0.685

  Duration ECC

1.40 (1.28, 2.37)

1.31 (1.25, 1.70)

1.49 (1.29, 2.41)

0.3

  1. 1Mean (SD); n (%); Median (IQR); BMI, body mass index; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; ASA, American Society of Anaesthesiologists; LOS, length of stay; ECC, extra corporeal circulation; FO, fluid overload; MV, mechanical ventilation; ICU, intensive care unit.
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