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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: The passive leg raising test to guide fluid removal in critically ill patients

 

Patients without intradialytic hypotension

(n = 26)

Patients with intradialytic hypotension

(n = 13)

p value

Age (years)

63 [49–69]

63 [54–80]

0.17

Male gender (no, %)

17 (65 %)

8 (59 %)

0.99

Simplified Acute Physiology Score II

41 [46–55]

49 [45–53]

0.49

Previous chronic renal failure (no, %)

10 (40 %)

5 (38 %)

0.82

Previous chronic arterial hypertension (no, %)

8 (30 %)

5 (40 %)

0.79

Aetiology of acute circulatory failure (no, %)

 Septic

20 (77 %)

10 (77 %)

0.69

 Cardiogenic

6 (23 %)

3 (23 %)

0.69

Incidence of shock diagnosis criteria at the initial phase

 Systolic arterial pressure <90 mmHg

26 (100 %)

13 (100 %)

 Decrease >50 mmHg in previously hypertensive patients

0 (0 %)

1 (8 %)

0.68

 Need for norepinephrine administration

26 (100 %)

13 (100 %)

 Urine output <0.5 mL/kg/h for at least 2 h

26 (100 %)

12 (92 %)

0.68

 Heart rate >100 beats/min

20 (77 %)

13 (100 %)

0.16

 Skin mottling

8 (31 %)

6 (46 %)

0.57

 Blood lactate >2 mmol/L

26 (100 %)

11 (85 %)

0.21

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

50 [30–60]

45 [35–52]

0.57

Modalities of ventilation

 Invasive mechanical ventilation (no, %)

11 (42 %)

6 (46 %)

0.91

  Tidal volume (mL/kg)

6 [6–7]

7 [6–7]

0.34

  PEEP (cmH2O)

7 [6–10]

7 [7–11]

0.22

  Plateau pressure (cmH2O)

17 [16–19]

18 [16–24]

0.31

  Respiratory rate (min−1)

20 [15–20]

20 [20–21]

0.71

 Non-invasive mechanical ventilation (no, %)

6 (23 %)

0 (0 %)

0.16

 No mechanical ventilation (no, %)

9 (35 %)

7 (54 %)

0.43

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (no, %)

10 (38 %)

6 (46 %)

0.89

Blood urea nitrogen (mmol/L)

32 [28–34]

30 [29–31]

0.25

Patients receiving norepinephrine (no, %)

9 (35 %)

7 (54 %)

0.43

Dose of norepinephrine (µg/kg/min)

0.15 [0.04–0.25]

0.24 [0.21–0.32]

0.69

Lactate (mmol/L)

1.1 [0.9–1.1]

0.9 [0.9–1.1]

0.38

Days in the ICU before inclusion (days)

13 [6–28]

11 [5–18]

0.67

  1. Values are expressed as median [interquartile range] or number and frequency in  %
  2. There was no significant difference between patients with and patients without intradialytic hypotension
  3. PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure; RRT renal replacement therapy