Clinical Study
Assessment of Postresuscitation Volume Status by Bioimpedance Analysis in Patients with Sepsis in the Intensive Care Unit: A Pilot Observational Study
Table 1
Baseline patient characteristics at time of study enrolment.
| | Characteristic | |
| | Age (years), mean (SD) | 64 (13) |
| | Sex | | | Male, (%) | 27 (52%) |
| | Ethnicity | | | Caucasian, (%) | 47 (90%) | | Black, (%) | 3 (6%) | | Aboriginal, (%) | 1 (2%) | | Other, (%) | 1 (2%) |
| | Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 82.4 (27.6) |
| | Patient type | | | Medical, (%) | 46 (89%) | | Surgical, (%) | 6 (11%) |
| | Chronic health index, median (min, max) | 1 (0–2) |
| | APACHE II score, mean (SD) | 26.8 (6.9) |
| | MODS score, mean (SD) | 7.5 (2.9) |
| | Vasopressor/inotropic dependence on admission, (%) | 40 (77%) |
| | Serum creatinine on admission to ICU mol/L, mean (SD) | 143.4 (127.7) |
|
|
