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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 7.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2007 Feb;119(2):273–280. doi: 10.1542/peds.2006-1138

TABLE 3. Center Variation in Treatments for Hypotension.

Center Proportion Treated, % Lowest MAP on First Day,a mm Hg OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Any treatmentb
 A 29 28 1 1c
 B 46 27 2 (1–4) 3 (1–6)
 C 61 20 4 (2–7) 5 (2–10)
 D 69 24 5 (3–9) 9 (5–18)
 E 80 25 9 (5–20) 33 (14–80)
 F 85 24 13 (6–27) 25 (11–56)
 G 91 23 24 (11–50) 44 (19–102)
 H 92 23 26 (13–52) 54 (25–118)
 I 93 23 32 (7–145) 84 (17–404)
 J 93 25 34 (15–78) 80 (32–203)
 K 94 22 37 (16–82) 58 (24–140)
 L 94 23 39 (14–106) 92 (31–275)
 M 96 26 65 (19–225) 105 (29–385)
 N 98 23 116 (27–504) 299 (65–1383)
Vasopressor treatmentd
 A 6 19 1 1c
 N 12 20 2 (1–6) 3 (1–9)
 F 15 21 3 (1–7) 3 (1–10)
 M 18 25 3 (1–9) 4 (2–12)
 D 20 22 4 (1–10) 5 (2–14)
 B 27 37 6 (2–15) 8 (3–22)
 H 32 21 7 (3–17) 12 (5–30)
 K 38 21 9 (4–22) 11 (4–27)
 C 44 19 12 (4–30) 19 (7–52)
 J 46 23 13 (5–31) 25 (10–65)
 I 48 25 14 (5–42) 34 (11–107)
 E 52 24 16 (6–42) 48 (17–132)
 G 60 23 22 (9–54) 35 (14–91)
 L 64 24 26 (10–67) 61 (23–165)

Center A had the lowest rate of treatment and was used as the reference. OR indicates odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Values are median of the lowest MAP value on the first day of treatment.

b

Any treatment represents administration of vasopressor and/or normal saline solution bolus of >10 mL/kg.

c

Adjusted for gestational age, birth weight z score, gender, Hispanic ethnicity, fetal number, and SNAP-II score.

d

Vasopressor treatment represents dopamine, dobutamine, and/or epinephrine treatment.

e

Adjusted for gestational age, birth weight z score, gender, fetal number, and SNAP-II score.