Clinical Study
The Impact of a Pulmonary-Artery-Catheter-Based Protocol on Fluid and Catecholamine Administration in Early Sepsis
Table 2
Primary outcome variables: fluid balance and use of vasoactive drugs.
| | PAC () | Control () | P value |
| Fluid balance day 0–4 hours (L) | | | 0.79 | Fluid balance day 1 | | | 0.000 | Fluid balance day 2 | | | 0.002 | Fluid balance day 3 | | | 0.000 | Fluid balance day 4 | | | 0.000 | Fluid balance day 5 | | | 0.13 | Fluid balance day 6 | | | 0.26 | Fluid balance day 7 | | | 0.01 | Fluid balance day 1–7 | | 13 ± 7.6 | 0.002 | Maximum dose norepinephrine (μg/kg/min, n) | 0.12 (0.03–0.19), 59 | 0.02 (0–0.17), 39 | 0.000 | Maximum dose dopamine (μg/kg/min, n) | 7.02 (4.7–9.8), 65 | 7.7 (4.7–9.6), 66 | 0.79 |
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PAC: pulmonary artery catheter. Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (IQR) or as numbers.
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