Table 1 Patient characteristics.
From: Clinical impact of visually assessed right ventricular dysfunction in patients with septic shock
Characteristics | Total (N = 544) |
|---|---|
Age, years | 67 (53–78) |
Body weight, kg | 81 (69–99) |
Male | 315 (57.9) |
Ethnicity | |
African American | 43 (7.9) |
Asian | 13 (2.4) |
Caucasian | 401 (73.7) |
Hispanic | 16 (2.9) |
Other | 71 (13.1) |
Infection site | |
Abdominal | 100 (18.4) |
Respiratory | 213 (39.2) |
Soft tissue | 25 (4.6) |
Urinary tract | 67 (12.3) |
Other | 33 (6.1) |
Unknown | 106 (19.5) |
Elixhauser comorbidity index | 15 (8–21) |
SOFA score | 13 (11–16) |
Norepinephrine, mcg/kg/min | 0.36 (0.14–1.05) |
Lactate, mg/dL | 4.0 (2.8–6.6) |
Fluid administration, mL/day | 4687 (1905–8050) |
Mechanical ventilation | 217 (39.9) |
PEEP, cmH2O | 10 (5–12) |
P/F ratio | 87 (60–154) |
Renal replacement therapy | 108 (19.9) |
Outcomes | |
Ventricular fibrillation | 9 (1.7) |
Ventricular tachycardia | 32 (5.9) |
ICU length of stay, days | 6.7 (2.8–13.3) |
In-hospital mortality | 235 (43.2) |
