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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2010 Jul 6;122(3):265–272. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.933275

Table 3.

Pulmonary artery catheter derived variables

Characteristics No Hemoconcentration (n=54) Hemoconcentration (n=18) p
Hemodynamics (baseline)
    Right atrial pressure (mm Hg) 11.8 ± 6.7 13.3 ± 7.0 0.397
    Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (mm Hg) 56.3 ± 16.2 55.6 ± 9.8 0.808
    Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mm Hg) 23.8 ± 10.0 27.0 ± 8.4 0.297
    Cardiac index (L/min/m2) 2.07 ± 0.49 1.76 ± 0.53 0.038*
    Systemic vascular resistance (dyn-s/cm5) 1327 ± 536 1625 ± 562 0.052
Hemodynamics (PAC removal)
    Right atrial pressure (mm Hg) 9.3 ± 5.6 6.8 ± 4.2 0.132
    Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (mm Hg) 47.1 ± 13.4 42.1 ± 9.4 0.098
    Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mm Hg) 17.0 ± 7.3 13.6 ± 5.6 0.184
    Cardiac index (L/min/m2) 2.38 ± 0.57 2.21 ± 0.39 0.136
    Systemic vascular resistance (dyn-s/cm5) 1040 ± 496 1276 ± 364 0.079
Hemodynamics (change)
    Right atrial pressure (mm Hg) -2.6 ± 5.6 -5.4 ± 8.4 0.031*
    Pulmonary artery systolic pressure (mm Hg) -9.0 ± 12.4 -14.4 ± 10.8 0.124
    Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (mm Hg) -6.2 ± 8.3 -12.6 ± 9.6 0.015*
    Cardiac index (L/min/m2) 0.35 ± 0.64 0.46 ± 0.5.3 0.432
    Systemic vascular resistance (dyn-s/cm5) -284 ± 561 -464 ± 563 0.303

PAC: Pulmonary artery catheter. Values represent mean ± standard deviation or %. Hemoconcentration was defined as ≥2 of 3 of delta total protein, delta albumin, or delta hematocrit in the highest quartile. No hemoconcentration was defined as ≥2 of 3 of the above variables not in the top tertile.

*

Represents a significant p value.