Cardiac Output Measurements in Septic Patients: Comparing the Accuracy of USCOM to PiCCO

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

𝑛=70	Value/median	range	Standard deviation (+/−SD)
Baseline characteristics
Age	45 years	23–78
Gender	45 m/25 f
ICU characteristics
SAPS II score	43	23–60	7.14
BP (systolic)	124 mmHg	94–170	19.78
BP (diastolic)	58 mmHg	37–70	21.62
HR	97 bpm	53–142	20.0
CVP	10 mbar	3–17	5.02
Norepinephrine	0.5 mg/h	0.1–3.0	2.01
Mechanically ventilated	70
fiO2	0.5	0.3–1.0
Hepatological disease	16
Liver cirrhosis	12
SBP	5
Hepatitis	1
GI bleeding	3
Pneumonia	2
HCC	1
Acute liver failure	4
Liver transplantation	2
Haematological disease	38
Acute leukaemia	12
SCT	6
Chronic leukaemia	4
Lymphoma	11
Myeloma	5
Solid tumors	9
GI cancer	5
Breast cancer	3
Lung cancer	1
Other	7

Abbreviations: BP: blood pressure, HR: heart rate, CVP: central vein pressure, SBP: spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, HCC: hepatocellular carcinoma, SCT: stem cell transplantation, and GI: gastrointestinal.