Research Article

Fuzzy Modeling to Predict Severely Depressed Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction following Admission to the Intensive Care Unit Using Clinical Physiology

Table 1

Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics within the first 6 hours of ICU admission in the cohort regarding patients with LVEF ≤ 25% and LVEF > 25%.

VariablesLVEF ≤ 25%LVEF > 25% values
115 patients821 patients

Braden score14.4 ± 2.614.8 ± 2.60.121
Total Glasgow coma score12.1 ± 3.912.5 ± 3.60.345
Heart rate (beats/minute)88.6 ± 17.884.2 ± 19.20.021
Diastolic NBP (mmHg)59.2 ± 12.060.8 ± 13.60.249
Systolic NBP (mmHg)110.2 ± 16.9120.1 ± 20.2<0.001
Respiratory rate (breaths/minute)21.0 ± 4.819.2 ± 4.6<0.001
Oxygen saturation (%)96.8 ± 3.997.2 ± 2.90.278
Temperature (°C)36.6 ± 0.836.7 ± 0.80.474
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)37.6 ± 26.428.9 ± 22.3<0.001
Carbon dioxide (mmol/L)22.9 ± 5.023.4 ± 5.00.266
Glucose (mg/dL)172.2 ± 78.1151.9 ± 65.70.003
Hemoglobin (mmol/L)11.9 ± 2.411.4 ± 2.00.032
Platelets (×103 cells/μL)244.2 ± 112.5235.2 ± 108.30.408
Potassium (mmol/L)4.3 ± 0.64.2 ± 0.70.050
Sodium (mmol/L)137.8 ± 5.2138.5 ± 4.70.139
White blood cells (×103 cells/L)12.7 ± 5.612.8 ± 8.30.971
Age (years)70.6 ± 15.167.3 ± 16.40.045
Weight on admission (kg)77.1 ± 18.683.0 ± 25.70.018
SAPS I score on admission13.9 ± 5.913.4 ± 5.50.428
SOFA score on admission6.3 ± 4.25.4 ± 4.30.036
Males (%)74 (64.4)432 (52.6)0.018

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, except for males where data is presented as number of patients (% of the total dataset).