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. 2016 Feb 23;20:44. doi: 10.1186/s13054-016-1227-3

Table 1.

Patients’ characteristics at hemodialysis session onset

Characteristics Overall population
Mechanical ventilation 39 (36 %)
SOFA score 8 [7–11]
Vasopressor administration 53 (50 %)
Vasopressor dose (μg.kg-1.min-1) 0.00 [0.00–0.15]
Inotropes administration 9 (8 %)
Arterial lactate (mmol.L-1) 1.4 [1.1–1.8]
Elevated lactates above upper laboratory limit (2.2 mmol.L-1) 14 (13 %)
Heart rate (min-1) 90 [80–98]
Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) 75 [68–80]
Mean arterial pressure below 65 mm Hg 8 (7 %)
Central venous pressure (mm Hg) 8 [6–12]
Cardiac index (L.min-1.m-2) 3.5 [2.9–4.0]
Indexed systemic vascular resistance (dyne.s.cm-5) 1525 [1324–1864]
Extravascular lung water (mL.kg-1 PBW) 7.9 [6.0–9.9]
Extravascular lung water > 7 mL.kg-1 PBW 64 (60 %)
Pulmonary vascular permeability index 1.6 [1.3–2.0]

Data are median [first quartile – third quartile] or number of sessions (percentage of the total number of sessions studied)

PBW predicted body weight, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score