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. 2023 Apr 29;37(4):1081–1093. doi: 10.1007/s10877-023-01017-1

Table 2.

Comparison of Randomized Groups on cumulative hypotension and severe hypotension

Total monitoring time
HPI group (N = 30) Control group (N = 30) Hodges-Lehman estimation*
(95% CI)
P value§
Primary Outcome
 TWA-MAP < 65 mmHg per patient, mmHg 0.14 (0.04, 0.66) 0.77 (0.36, 1.30) − 0.57 (− 0.95 to − 0.32)  < 0.001
 Monitoring time, min 253 (201, 324) 325 (220, 387) − 43 (− 110 to 11) 0.147
Secondary Outcomes
 Hypotension (MAP < 65 mmHg)
  Hypotensive events in dataset 97 313
  Patients with hypotensive events 30 (100) 30 (100)  > 0.999†
  Hypotensive events per patient 2 (1, 5) 7 (5, 13) − 5 (− 8 to − 3)  < 0.001
  Duration of hypotensive events per patient, min 7 (2, 12) 35 (20, 81) − 29 (− 56 to − 18)  < 0.001
  Percentage of time with MAP < 65 mmHg 2.7 (0.9, 4.2) 13.7 (6.9, 24.4) − 10 (− 18.4 to -5.9)  < 0.001
  Area for MAP < 65 mmHg per patient, mmHg·min 46 (10, 73.5) 221.3 (141, 427.4) − 170.1 (− 272.7 to − 108.3)  < 0.001
 Severe Hypotension (MAP < 50 mmHg)
  Severe hypotensive events in dataset 5 14
  Patients with severe hypotensive events 5 (17) 10 (33) 0.233†
  Hypotensive events per patient 1 (1, 1) 1 (1, 2) − 0.00 (− 1 to 0) 0.129
  Duration of hypotensive events per patient, min 2 (2, 2) 4 (2, 7) − 1 (− 6 to 0.3) 0.134
  Percentage of time with MAP < 50 mmHg 0.74 (0.48, 0.96) 1.02 (0.64, 1.96) − 0.38 (− 5.81 to 0.29) 0.254
  Area for MAP < 50 mmHg per patient, mmHgmin 8.6 (4.6, 23.3) 19.5 (8.3, 32.6) − 6.5 (− 31.3 to 12) 0.371
  TWA-MAP < 50 mmHg per patient, mmHg 0.03 (0.02, 0.07) 0.04 (0.02, 0.13) − 0.01 (− 0.29 to 0.05) 0.594
 Hypertension (MAP > 110 mmHg)
  Hypertensive events in dataset 21 4
  Patients with hypertensive events 15 (50) 4 (14) 0.005
  Hypertensive events per patient 0.5 (0, 1) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0–0) 0.003
  Duration of hypertensive events per patient, min 0.7 (0, 3.7) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0–1.66) 0.004
  Percentage of time with MAP > 110 mmHg 3.3 (0, 18.3) 0 (0, 0) 0 (0–8.33) 0.004
  Area for MAP > 110 mmHg, mmHg·min 4.7 (0, 39.7) 0 (0, 0.3) 1.67 (0–1.17)  < 0.001
  TWA-MAP > 110 mmHg per patient, mmHg 0.23 (0, 1.98) 0 (0, 0.17) 0.08 (0–0)  < 0.001
 Severe Hypertension (MAP > 130 mmHg)
  Severe hypertensive events in dataset 5 1
  Patients with severe hypertensive events 4 (14) 1 (3) 0.353†
  Severe hypertensive events per patient 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (− 0 to 0) 0.189
  Duration of severe hypertensive events per patient, min 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (− 0 to 0) 0.206
  Percentage of time with MAP > 130 mmHg 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0 (− 0 to 0) 0.206
  Area for MAP > 130 mmHg (AUT), mmHg·min 0 (0, 3) 0 (0, 0) 0 (− 0 to 0) 0.011
  TWA-MAP > 130 mmHg per patient, mmHg 0 (0, 0.15) 0 (0, 0) 0 (− 0 to 0) 0.011

Data are presented as N (%) or median (IQR)

HPI Hypotension Prediction Index, TWA Time-weighted average. MAP mean arterial pressure

*Hodges-Lehman estimation of location shift and 95% CI. §P value corresponded to Wilcoxon rank sum test. †P value corresponded to Chi Square test or Fisher’s exact test in case of expected frequencies < 5