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Table 3 Analysis by IAH

From: Fluid management in critically ill patients: the role of extravascular lung water, abdominal hypertension, capillary leak, and fluid balance

Variable (1 week after ICU admission)

No IAH (n= 64)

IAH (n= 21)

p value

SOFA score

   Respiratory

1.5 ± 1.5

1.7 ± 1.8

0.374

   Nervous

2.4 ± 1.6

3.5 ± 1.0

0.004

   Cardiovascular

2.0 ± 1.6

2.7 ± 1.3

0.092

   Liver

0.6 ± 1.0

1.2 ± 1.4

0.038

   Coagulation

0.8 ± 1.1

1.3 ± 1.1

0.084

   Renal

1.1 ± 1.5

2.4 ± 1.8

0.002

   Total

8.3 ± 4.9

12.8 ± 4.9

0.001

Respiratory variables

   Tidal volume (mL/kg of PBW)

8.9 ± 2

8.4 ± 2.3

0.343

   Plateau pressure (cmH2O)

24.4 ± 6.9

29.1 ± 6

0.010

   PEEP (cmH2O)

7.3 ± 2.9

10.2 ± 3.7

0.001

   Dynamic compliance (mL/cmH2O)

43.9 ± 24.2

38.4 ± 13

0.353

   PaO2/FIO2

275.7 ± 98.4

257.8 ± 106.2

0.486

Ventilator-free days

2.1 ± 2.1

1.4 ± 2.1

0.479

Cumulative fluid balance (mL)

5,943 ± 7,125

10,176 ± 7,523

0.024

EVLWI (mL/kg)

9.8 ± 4.3

9.2 ± 3.7

0.592

  1. IAH, intra-abdominal hypertension; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; PBW, predicted body weight; PEEP, positive end-expiratory pressure; EVLWI, extravascular lung water index.