Table 2.
Initial PiCCO parameters between survivors and nonsurvivors in children with cardiogenic shock and septic shock at the time of admission to the PICU.
| Characteristics | Cardiogenic Shock | Septic shock | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death (n = 3) | Survival (n = 11) | p value | Death (n = 22) | Survival (n = 15) | p value | |
| Age (years) | 8.7 ± 10.89 | 9.15 ± 5.69 | 0.927 | 12.62 ± 4.3 | 11.53 ± 4.81 | 0.476 |
| Gender | 0.522 | 0.729 | ||||
| Male | 1 | 8 | 13 | 8 | ||
| Female | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | ||
| LOS in ICU | 11.5 ± 14.85 | 31.01 ± 34.04 | 0.453 | 24.05 ± 38.43 | 26.73 ± 22.02 | 0.808 |
| Cardiac characteristics | ||||||
| inotropic equivalent | 63.75 ± 76.91 | 24.55 ± 17.04 | 0.598 | 56.11 ± 54.33 | 32.17 ± 15.93 | 0.107 |
| heart rate (beats/min) | 121.75 ± 32.17 | 132.23 ± 34.63 | 0.673 | 137.83 ± 28.51 | 138.94 ± 26.38 | 0.906 |
| Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg) | 67.34 ± 26.4 | 72.3 ± 14.09 | 0.687 | 64.24 ± 17.73 | 76.87 ± 19.4 | 0.048 |
| PiCCO parameters | ||||||
| Cardiac output | ||||||
| CO (L/min) | 1.6 ± 0.06 | 2.88 ± 0.69 | 0.028 | 4.31 ± 1.59 | 4.09 ± 1.76 | 0.705 |
| Cardiac contractility | ||||||
| CI (L/min/m2) | 1.34 ± 0.09 | 2.93 ± 0.98 | 0.049 | 3.68 ± 0.93 | 3.86 ± 1.29 | 0.626 |
| GEF (%) | 15.25 ± 4.59 | 18.27 ± 8.55 | 0.645 | 27.49 ± 10.26 | 28.56 ± 7.72 | 0.739 |
| CFI (l/min) | 4.48 ± 2.93 | 5.91 ± 2.58 | 0.584 | 9.01 ± 2.59 | 10.08 ± 2.95 | 0.263 |
| Preload parameters | ||||||
| GEDVI (mL/m2) | 458.75 ± 51.97 | 530.08 ± 143.48 | 0.514 | 424.52 ± 107.12 | 415.23 ± 134.88 | 0.822 |
| ITBVI (mL/m2) | 572.41 ± 65.17 | 662.19 ± 179.54 | 0.512 | 530.18 ± 134.03 | 518.64 ± 168.63 | 0.823 |
| SVV (%) | 12.58 ± 0.12 | 14.07 ± 5.98 | 0.741 | 15.54 ± 7.23 | 14.21 ± 5.39 | 0.55 |
| Afterload parameters | ||||||
| SVRI, dyn∗s∗cm−5∗m2 | 1794.4 ± 219.08 | 1962.67 ± 873.53 | 0.798 | 1196.75 ± 509.52 | 1510.17 ± 901.11 | 0.193 |
| Lung parameters | ||||||
| EVLWI, mL/m2 | 18.16 ± 3.06 | 18.52 ± 13.18 | 0.97 | 15.34 ± 13.51 | 14.09 ± 10.58 | 0.769 |
| PVPI | 4.02 ± 2 | 3.98 ± 2.99 | 0.99 | 3.99 ± 2.84 | 3.74 ± 2.12 | 0.774 |
ICU = intensive care unit; CO = cardiac output; CI = cardiac index; GEF = global ejection fraction; CFI = cardiac function index; GEDVI = global end-diastolic volume index; ITBVI = intrathoracic blood volume index; SVV = stroke volume variation; SVRI = systemic vascular resistance index; EVLWI = extravascular lung water index; PVPI = pulmonary vascular permeability index.