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Table 3 Characteristics of patients with HH classified by clinical cause

From: Epidemiology, causes, evolution and outcome in a single-center cohort of 1116 critically ill patients with hypoxic hepatitis

Variable

Cause

Cardiac failure (n = 548)

Septic shock (n = 333)

Hypovolemic shock (n = 105)

Acute respiratory failure (n = 71)

Acute on chronic respiratory failure (n = 37)

Pulmonary embolism (n = 16)

Hyperthermia (n = 6)

P

Sexa

        

 Male

63.1% (346)

61.6 (205)

57.1% (60)

54.9% (39)

54.1% (20)

62.5 (10)

66.7% (4)

0.721

Ageb (year)

68.0 (58.0–76.0)

64.0 (52.0–74.0)

64.0 (56.0–73.0)

59.0 (48.5–71.5)

65.0 (61.0–72.0)

57.5 (47.5–61.5)

54.5 (35.8–64.2)

0.003

BMIb (kg/m2)

25.5 (23.3–28.7)

25.0 (22.1–29.3)

26.2 (23.4–28.9)

24.2 (22.0–27.8)

24.6 (22.1–27.3)

27.8 (25.1–31.0)

27.6 (23.7–29.3)

0.202

Comorbidities

        

 Echocardioa

        

  Normal

32.7% (179)

51.1% (170)

43.8% (46)

36.6% (26)

48.6% (18)

18.8% (3)

66.7% (4)

< 0.001

  LV dysf.

36.5% (200)

15.9% (53)

5.7% (6)

21.1% (15)

10.8% (4)

6.2% (1)

16.7% (1)

< 0.001

  Missing

13.3% (73)

26.1% (87)

46.7% (49)

35.2% (25)

24.3% (9)

25.0% (4)

16.7% (1)

< 0.001

  LV and RV dysf.

13.0% (71)

3.3% (11)

1.0% (1)

4.2% (3)

2.7% (1)

12.5% (2)

0.0% (0)

< 0.001

  RV dysf.

4.6% (25)

3.6% (12)

2.9% (3)

2.8% (2)

13.5% (5)

37.5% (6)

0.0% (0

< 0.001

 DMa

20.8% (114)

19.2% (64)

10.5% (11)

12.7% (9)

24.3% (9)

12.5% (2)

0.0% (0)

0.103

 Chronic respiratory failurea

8.4% (46)

9.6% (32)

9.5% (10)

0.0% (%)

100.0% (37)

12.5% (2)

0.0% (0)

< 0.001

SOI scoresc

 APS-IIb

28.0 (23.0–35.0)

26.0 (21.0–35.0)

26.0 (18.5–32.5)

30.0 (28.0–34.0)

26.5 (24.2–30.8)

36.5 (36.2–36.8)

21.5 (19.2–25.0)

0.590

 SAPS-IIb

66.0 (44.0–79.0)

67.0 (49.0–84.0)

65.0 (48.0–82.0)

63.0 (31.0–79.0)

67.5 (55.0–73.5)

83.0 (69.2–99.2)

41.5 (34.0–48.2)

0.171

ASTmaxa

        

 Overall

       

0.135

 5–10× ULN

36.5% (200)

34.8% (116)

28.6% (30)

39.4% (28)

35.1% (13)

37.5% (6)

33.3% (2)

 10–20× ULN

23.7% (130)

20.4% (68)

25.7% (27)

33.8% (24)

13.5% (5)

25.0% (4)

50.0% (3)

 > 20× ULN

39.8% (218)

44.7% (149)

45.7% (48)

26.8% (19)

51.4% (19)

37.5% (6)

16.7% (1)

Supportive therapyc

        

 Ventilationa

79.2% (434)

73.0% (243)

70.5% (74)

60.6% (43)

64.9 (24)

75.0% (12)

100.0% (6)

0.004

 Medication

        

  Inotropic agentsa

63.1% (346)

26.4% (88)

21.0% (22)

12.7% (9)

21.6% (8)

43.8% (7)

33.3% (2)

< 0.001

  Vasopressor agentsa

58.6% (321)

69.1% (230)d

61.9% (65)

46.5% (33)

43.2% (16)

75.0% (12)

16.7% (1)

< 0.001

 Dialysisa

10.4% (57)

11.1% (37)

2.9% (3)

9.9% (7)

2.7% (1)

0.0% (0)

16.7% (1)

0.090

 IABPa

32.8% (180)

4.2% (14)

0.0% (0)

1.4% (1)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

0.0% (0)

< 0.001

LOS

 ICUb (day)

4.6 (1.4–10.5)

4.7 (0.9–15.8)

2.6 (0.7–7.8)

6.3 (2.3–15.0)

3.2 (1.4–7.8)

2.2 (0.3–4.1)

7.7 (6.6–14.2)

0.135

 Hospitalb (day)

11.1 (4.6–25.7)

12.3 (1.1–37.9)

11.2 (0.9–28.8)

14.3 (5.2–30.2)

20.6 (7.6–27.7)

5.4 (0.3–19.4)

43.4 (10.2–97.4)

0.037

Duration

 Episode of HHb (h)

50.6 (24.9–99.3)

54.5 (25.1–87.2)

69.4 (36.8–89.5)

71.3 (39.0–90.0)

28.4 (15.1–77.2)

69.5 (28.0–139.0)

54.6 (35.4–74.0)

0.137

 Recovery of HHb (h)

33.8 (3.4–67.5)

34.3 (14.3–60.9)

41.7 (21.1–65.1)

31.0 (16.2–62.1)

39.9 (11.6–89.3)

35.3 (10.5–65.4)

29.6 (21.7–43.3)

0.810

28-day mortality

 ICUa

37.8% (207)

48.3% (161)

40.0% (42)

33.8% (24)

27.0% (10)

56.2% (9)

33.3% (2)

0.012

 In-hospitala

41.4% (227)

52.9% (176)

43.8% (46)

39.4% (28)

37.8% (14)

56.2% (9)

33.3% (2)

0.029

  1. APS-II acute physiology II, AST aspartate aminotransferase, ASTmax maximum AST value, BMI body mass index, HH hypoxic hepatitis, IABP intra-aortic balloon pump, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, LV left ventricle, P P value, Q1 first quartile, Q3 third quartile, RV right ventricle, SAPS-II simplified acute physiology II, SOI severity of illness, T-ASTmax time point of maximum AST value, ULN upper limit of normal
  2. a% (n)
  3. bMedian (Q1–Q3)
  4. cAt T-ASTmax ± 12 h
  5. dA condition for septic shock was the need of vasopressor agents. In this table, the proportion of patients receiving vasopressor agents only at T-ASTmax is given