Prophylactic Norepinephrine Infusion Reduces Postoperative Complications and Hospitalization Time in Elderly Patients Undergoing Posterior Lumbar Spinal Fusion

Table 3

Inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers in 120 patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery.

	Time point	Control group ()	Norepinephrine group ()	value
Syndecan-1 (ng/ml)	T0			0.073
	T1			0.000
	T2			0.000
	T3			0.016
	T4			0.114
Hyaluronic acid (ng/ml)	T0			0.127
	T1			0.496
	T2			0.000
	T3			0.000
	T4			0.000
Heparin sulfate (pg/ml)	T0			0.514
	T1			0.000
	T2			0.000
	T3			0.000
	T4			0.016
Brain natriuretic peptide (pg/ml)	T0			0.761
	T1			0.921
	T2			0.410
	T3			0.000
	T4			0.350