The Impact of a Pulmonary-Artery-Catheter-Based Protocol on Fluid and Catecholamine Administration in Early Sepsis
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Variables
PAC ()
Control ()
P value
Male, n (%)
42 (61)
39 (56)
0.49
Age
62 ± 16
67 ± 13
0.02
APACHE IV
90 ± 47
88 ± 29
0.73
Predicted mortality APACHE IV (%)
43 ± 21
39 ± 16
0.36
SOFA
10 ± 3
8 ± 3
0.03
Source of infection
Lung
19
16
Abdominal
34
37
Urinary tract
4
5
Other
13
12
ARDS (n)
4
5
0.19
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg
71 ± 12
68 ± 15
0.18
Heart rate, beats/min
110 ± 17
109 ± 20
0.82
Central venous pressure, mmHg
13 ± 5
12 ± 5
0.84
Ventilator, use of, n (%)
69 (99)
69 (99)
1.00
PEEP, cm H2O
13 ± 3
13 ± 3
0.88
Lactate, mmol/L
2.4 (1.4–4.3)
3.5 (2.7–5.4)
0.001
RIFLE score on admission
0 (0-1)
0 (0–2)
0.002
PAC: pulmonary artery catheter, APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment, PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure, RIFLE: risk injury failure loss and endstage. Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (IQR) or as numbers (%).
