Clinical Study

Cardiac Contractile Reserve Parameters Are Related to Prognosis in Septic Shock

Table 2

Hemodynamic characteristics at day 0 and day 1 in survivors and non-survivors.

28-day survival 28-day death
Day 0 Day 1 Day 0 Day 1Day 0Day 1

Volume expansion before inclusion (mL)43 27 0.64
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)43 43 27 17 0.240.083
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)43 43 27 17 0.630.41
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)43 43 27 17 0.480.20
Heart rate (bpm)43 43 25 17 0.0070.97
Stroke Volume (mL)43 43 27 35.3 ± 11.717 0.500.34
Cardiac index (L/min/m2)43 43 27 17 0.0360.18
Systemic vascular resistance index (dyn·s/cm5·m2)41 43 24 16 0.260.89
Global ejection fraction (%)38 40 25 15 0.330.094
Left ventricle ejection fraction (%)43 27 0.41
Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2, %)35 34 20 13 0.210.20
Central Venous Pressure (mmHg) 41 43 24 16 0.090.80
Global end diastolic volume (mL/m2)42 42 27 17 0.370.76
Double Product (mmHg·bpm)42 42 27 17 0.006 0.39
Cardiac power index (W/m2)43 43 27 26 0.0580.063
SOFA score43 27 0.26
SAPS II score43 27 0.005
Norepinephrine (µg/kg/min)43 43 27 17 0.330.13
Dobutamine (µg/kg/min)12 9.4 ± 5.85 0.81
Duration of catecholamine administration (days)43 27
Lactatemia (mmol·L−1)43 40 27 13 0.570.77

SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score. values from comparisons between survivors and non-survivors at day 0 and day 1 using the Mann-Whitney test.