Table 3.

Mortality data for patients receiving inotrope or standard hospital practice

	Adrenaline group (n=46)	Dopexamine group (n=46)	Control group (n=46)
No of patients surviving	45	44	38
Hospital survival (%; 95% CI)	98 (94 to 100)	96 (90 to 100)	83 (72 to 94)
	Combined treatment groups: 97 (93 to 100)*
Actual mortality (%)	2	4	17
Predicted mortality (%)	12	15	13
Standardised mortality ratio (95% CI)	0.19 (0.00 to 1.05)	0.28 (0.04 to 1.08)	1.36 (0.6 to 2.75)

^*Fisher’s test for combined treatment groups v control, P=0.007.