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. 2017 Dec 28;21:324. doi: 10.1186/s13054-017-1896-6

Table 1.

Blood pressure effect of angiotensin II from entire cohort

Author (year) Cases Total/+data Type of shock SBP ↑ (mmHg) MAP ↑ (mmHg) Dose range
Median
(IQR)
Septic Other Cardiogenic
Del Greco (1961) [25] 20/20 7 11 2 47.4 0.23–100 mcg/min
2.5 mcg/min
(13.5)
Nassif (1963) [34] 14/13 6 6 2 106.9 7–1500 mcg bolus
14 mcg/min
(32)
Wedeen (1963) [35] 15/7 1 3 11 81.1 1.5–36 mcg/min
10 mcg/min
(6.5)
Beanlands (1964) [36] 17/0 0 0 17 a 1–36 mcg/min
2 mcg/min
(2.25)
Udhoji (1964) [26] 12/6 4 5 3 34.3 b
Belle (1965) [37] 1/1 0 0 1 16.0 50–250 mg/day
-
-
Cohn (1965) [27] 6/6 6 0 0 29.7 b
Cohn (1965) [27] 22/22 0 22 0 22.1 0.3–60 mcg/min
14.1 mcg/min
-
Singh (1966) [28] 25/0 25 0 0 c 4–12 mcg/min
-
-
Wallace (1967) [29] 7/7 0 7 0 22.9 0.75- mcg/min
1.5 mcg/min
(0)
Sorensen (1986) [32] 8/0 0 8 0 d b
Moore (1989) [33] 9/0 0 9 0 e 2.9 ng/kg/min
-
-
Geary (1990) [38] 1/1 0 0 1 30.0 6 mcg/min
-
-
Thacker (1990) 2/2 0 2 0 27.5 6–7 mcg/min
6.5 mcg/min
-
Thomas (1991) [40] 1/0 1 0 0 f 5–20 mcg/min
10 mcg/min
-
Jackson (1993) [20] 1/0 0 1 0 g 3–18 mcg/min
18 mcg/min
-
Trilli (1994) [21] 1/1 0 0 1 24.0 8.5–9 mcg/min
8.5 mcg/min
-
Ryding (1995) [41] 1/1 1 0 0 18.0 3.5–4.2 mcg/min
-
-
Newby (1995) [22] 1/1 0 1 0 30.0 0.8–2.2 mcg/min
22 ng/kg/min
-
Wray (1995) [24] 1/0 1 0 0 h 8–22 mcg/min
8 mcg/min
-
Tovar (1997) [23] 1/1 0 1 0 50.0 5–15 mcg/min
15 mcg/min
-
Eyraud (1998) [30] 14/14 0 14 0 74.0 2.5 mcg bolus
-
-
Chawla (2014) [10] 10/10 10 0 0 6.0 15–20 ng/kg/min
20 ng/kg/min
-
Khanna (2017) [11] 163/163 163 0 0 12.5 20–40 ng/kg/min
2.8 mg
(5.8)
Total 353/276 225 90 38 71.3i 14.8i

SBP systolic blood pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure, IQR interquartile range (in units similar to that study’s dose range)

aFrom 52.8 mmHg to > 100 mmHg in 13 of 18 patients

bData unavailable

cFrom < 90 mmHg to > 90 mmHg

dFrom BP of 76/48 mmHg to DBP of > 68 mmHg

e20 mmHg increase from average SBP of 81.7 mmHg

fFrom 52 mmHg to > 100 mmHg

gFrom 50 mmHg to > 100 mmHg

hFrom < 80 mmHg to > 80 mmHg

iWeighted average