The Impact of a Pulmonary-Artery-Catheter-Based Protocol on Fluid and Catecholamine Administration in Early Sepsis
Table 3
Secondary outcome variables: morbidity and mortality.
Variables
PAC ()
Control ()
P value
Days on ventilator
7 (5–11)
10 (6–18)
0.01
PO2/FiO2 ratio, worst (mmHg)
196 ± 81
158 ± 64
0.003
CVVH, n
28
35
0.24
CVVH, days
0 (−5)
0 (0–8)
0.08
RIFLE score, highest
2 (0–3)
3 (1–3)
0.02
LOS ICU (days)
9 (6–13)
14 (7–28)
0.001
LOS hospital
24 (14–40)
30 (17–51)
0.16
Cumulative SOFA score day 1–5
39 ± 15
40 ± 16
0.67
Cumulative SOFA score day 1–5 survivors
39 ± 12
38 ± 16
0.63
Mortality ICU (n, %)
15 (21)
21 (30)
0.33
Mortality hospital (%)
17 (24)
27 (39)
0.10
PAC: pulmonary artery catheter, FiO2: inspiratory oxygen fraction, CVVH: continous veno venous hemofiltration, RIFLE: risk injury failure loss and endstage, LOS: length of stay, SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment. Data are presented as mean ± SD, median (IQR) or as numbers (%).
