From: Impaired skin microvascular endothelial reactivity in critically ill COVID-19 patients
Variables, n (%) or Median [IQR] | Non-COVID-19 bacterial pneumonia N = 11 | COVID-19 N = 32 | P value |
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Hemodynamic parameters | |||
Heart rate, bpm | 97 [80–120] | 84 [76–95] | 0.15 |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 132 [120–145] | 128 [115–136] | 0.87 |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 70 [62–94] | 75 [68–81] | 0.61 |
Mean arterial pressure, mmHg | 89 [83–107] | 89 [84–96] | 0.66 |
Cardiac index, L/min/m2 | 2.8 [2.2–3.6] | 2.9 [2.4–3.3] | 0.90 |
Tissue perfusion parameters | |||
Core temperature, °C | 37.5 [37–38.5] | 37.1 [36.7–37.5] | 0.09 |
Skin temperature, °C | 31.4 [29.8–32.2] | 31.4 [29.9–32.2] | 0.79 |
Core-skin temperature gradient | 6.3 [5.7–7.2] | 5.7 [4.7–7.2] | 0.39 |
Mottling score, n (%) | |||
0 | 8 (100) | 23 (95.8) | 1.00 |
1 | 0 (0) | 1 (4.2) | |
> 1 | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
Acetylcholine iontophoresis | |||
Baseline, perfusion units | 10.4 [9.4–12.1] | 7.9 [5.5–9.9] | 0.02 |
Area under the curve | 14,280 [5038–19743] | 3911 [1725–6318] | 0.008 |