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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Automatic versus manual changeovers of norepinephrine infusion pumps in critically ill adults: a prospective controlled study

 

Quick change method (n = 18)

Smart infusion pump (n = 32)

P value

Age (years), mean ± SD

63.3 ± 13.4

68.1 ± 12.8

0.22

Gender (male), n (%)

14 (77.8 %)

25 (78.1 %)

0.98

Weight (kg), mean ± SD

77.7 ± 14.1

86.5 ± 19.9

0.10

Body mass index (kg/m2), mean ± SD

27.7 ± 5.5

29.9 ± 5.0

0.36

Admission diagnosis, n (%)

0.26

 Cardiac arrest

2 (11.1 %)

3 (9.4 %)

 

 Circulatory failure

9 (50 %)

9 (28.1 %)

 

 Acute respiratory failure

3 (16.7 %)

14 (43.8 %)

 

 Trauma

0

1 (3.1 %)

 

 Other

4 (22.2 %)

5 (15.6 %)

 

Surgical patient, n (%)

8 (44.4 %)

8 (25.0 %)

0.16

SAPS II, mean ± SD

64.1 ± 19.3

65.9 ± 18.6

0.75

Method of arterial pressure monitoring

0.72

 Automatic sphygmomanometer

3 (16.7)

8 (25.0)

 

 Invasive arterial line

15 (83.3)

24 (75.0)

 

Cause of shock, n (%)

0.78

 Sepsis

14 (77.8 %)

24 (75.0 %)

 

 Hemorrhage

2 (11.1 %)

2 (6.4 %)

 

 Other

2 (11.1 %)

5 (16.1 %)

 

SOFA score at inclusion, mean ± SD

12.5 ± 4.0

11.3 ± 2.7

0.21

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

17 (94.4 %)

29 (90.6 %)

0.63

ICU length of stay (days), median (IQR)

15 [9–34]

9 [3–25.5]

0.03

ICU mortality, n (%)

5 (27.8 %)

13 (40.6 %)

0.36

Hospital mortality, n (%)

5 (27.8 %)

14 (43.7 %)

0.26

  1. SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score, version II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, ICU intensive care unit, IQR inter-quartile range