Research Article

[Retracted] Ulinastatin as an Adjuvant Therapy to Restricting Volumes of Resuscitation Fluid Strategy for Patients with Septic Shock after Initial Management

Table 3

The cardiac function of patients with septic shock before and after restricting volumes of resuscitation fluid strategy with or without intravenous infusion of UTI.

IndexFluid restriction + UTI (n = 89)Fluid restriction (n = 93)t

MAP (mmHg)
 Before treatment50.21 ± 5.2251.07 ± 4.951.1410.256
 After treatment82.84 ± 3.93a74.44 ± 5.16a12.31<0.001

CO (L/min)
 Before treatment4.32 ± 1.414.27 ± 1.350.2440.807
 After treatment5.40 ± 1.52a4.91 ± 1.44a2.2330.027

LVEF (%)
 Before treatment37.83 ± 9.4838.42 ± 10.750.3920.695
 After treatment47.34 ± 8.92a42.59 ± 9.07a3.56<0.001

SV (ml)
 Before treatment64.58 ± 11.4764.62 ± 10.910.0240.981
 After treatment76.93 ± 12.65a71.62 ± 12.04a2.9010.004

HR (time/min)
 Before treatment122.80 ± 10.14124.14 ± 13.090.7700.443
 After treatment81.25 ± 8.14a88.46 ± 6.92a6.448<0.001

The letter a indicates compared to pretreatment; MAP: mean artery pressure; CO: cardiac output; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; SV: stroke volume; HR: heart rate.