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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics on Day 1 of admission

From: Left ventricular longitudinal wall fractional shortening accurately predicts longitudinal strain in critically ill patients with septic shock

 

Study cohort n = 73

Age, median (IQR)

66 (54–76)

Weight, kg, median (IQR)

79 (65–85)

Male, n (%)

48 (66)

Preexisting cardiac disease*, n (%)

38 (52)

Apache II score, median (IQR)

20 (16–26)

SOFA score on admission, median (IQR)

11 (8–13)

Mechanically ventilated during echocardiography, n (%)

55 (75)

PEEP, cmH2O, median (IQR)

8 (7–12)

Mechanical ventilation days, median (IQR)

6 (3–13)

CRRT, n (%)

15 (21)

Vasopressors/inotropes during echocardiography, n (%)

65 (89)

hsTnT (ng/L), median (IQR)

79 (37–201)

ICU length of stay days, median (IQR)

7 (4–12)

ICU mortality, n (%)

15 (21)

30-day mortality, n (%)

18 (25)

Regional wall motion abnormality, n (%)

9 (12%)

% with LVEF ≤ 50%

54%

LVLS, %, median (IQR)

− 15.0 (− 10.7–− 18.6)

MAPSE, mm, median (IQR)

10.3 (7.2–13.0)

LWFS, %, median (IQR)

11.7 (8.3–14.2)

  1. *Defined as arrhythmia, heart failure or ischaemic heart disease
  2. SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, PEEP positive end-expiratory pressure, CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy; hsTnT high-sensitivity Troponin T, ICU intensive care unit, LVEF left ventricle ejection fraction; LVLS left ventricle longitudinal strain, MAPSE mitral annular plane systolic excursion, LV-LWFS left ventricle-longitudinal wall fractional shortening