Annals of Intensive Care

Table 1 Demographic and hemodynamic characteristics of the patients

From: Transcranial doppler assessment of cerebral perfusion in critically ill septic patients: a pilot study

	Sepsis group	Control group	*p values*
No patients	18	18
Age (yr)	67 ± 14	67 ± 11	0.99
Gender (male)	11(61%)	13 (72%)	0.72
Coronary Disease	5 (27%)	11 (61%)	0.03
Type of patients
Medical^a	11 (61%)	4 (22%)	0.04
Medications^b
Norepinephrine^c	12 (33%)	10 (28%)	0.79
Dobutamine^d	4 (11%)	10 (28%)	0.05
Sedation^e	13 (33%)	16 (44%)	0.63
APACHE II	21 ± 7	20 ± 5	0.92
GCS < 14^f	11 (61%)	3 (16%)	0.03
GCS^f	9 ± 5	14 ± 1	0.08
MAP (mmHg)	77 ± 14	79 ± 19	0.51
Hg (g/dl)	9.4 ± 1.4	10.1 ± 1.4	0.36
pCO₂ (mmHg)	46 ± 12	39 ± 4	<0.01
pH	7.39 ± 0.09	7.37 ± 0.05	0.58

GCS, glasgow coma score; MA, mean arterial pressure; Hg, hemoglobin.
^aMedical patients: patients not operated on before their evaluation;^bNumber of measurements under these medications;^c >0.06 μg/kg/min;^d >0.05 μg/kg/min, ^ePropofol or midazolam;^fEvaluation out of sedation.

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