Table 2.

Diagnostic groups and reasons for catheter insertion

	All	PiCCO	PAC	p value
Diagnostic groups
Cardiac	41.4%	28.1%	60.7%	<0.0001
Respiratory	23.9%	26.6%	19.3%	0.12
Gastrointestinal	10.9%	12.5%	8.7%	0.30
Hepatic	10.0%	16.1%	2.0%	<0.0001
Renal	2.7%	2.1%	2.7%	0.73
Trauma	1.8%	2.6%	0.7%	0.18
Metabolic	1.5%	1.6%	1.3%	0.86
Others	7.9%	14.6%	6.7%	0.024
Reasons
Septic shock	44.7%	51.6%	32.0%	0.0003
Cardiogenic shock	43.8%	36.5%	55.3%	0.0007
Other types of shock	13.3%	10.9%	15.3%	0.26
Fluid overload	19.6%	14.1%	25.3%	0.012
ARDS/ALI	6.0%	4.7%	7.3%	0.36
PE/PH	1.5%	0.0%	4.0%	0.0067
Other reasons	4.8%	7.8%	2.0%	0.026

More than one reason could be chosen to diagnose the cause of shock or hypoxemia. ALI, acute lung injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter; PE, pulmonary embolism; PH, pulmonary hypertension; PiCCO, pulse contour cardiac output.