Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients

	Phase 1 (n = 25)	Phase 2 (n = 18)	P value
Gender			0.60
Male	17 (68)	12 (66)	-
Female	8 (32)	6 (34)	-
Mean age	62 ± 14	60 ± 19	0.66
Type of admission			0.72
Medical	23 (92)	16 (88)	-
Surgical	2 (8)	2 (12)	-
Type of shock			0.66
Septic	22 (88)	16 (89)	-
Cardiogenic	2 (8)	2 (11)	-
Hemorrhagic	1 (4)	0 (0)	-
Simplified Acute Physiology Score II	50 ± 22	53 ± 14	0.69

Data expressed as the number (%) of patients or as the mean ± standard deviation.