Skip to main content

View full-text article in PMC

. 2019 Dec 20;7(24):4411–4415. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.872

Table 6.

Level of serum NT-proBNP and noradrenalin doses

Time	Noradrenalin dosage	Post-operative condition		p-values

		Without AHF	AHF
POD 1	Low dosage (<0.01 μg)	862.7 ± 1.855.5	2.447.2 ± 628.5	0.0001^f

	Normal dosage (≥0.01 μg)	749.8 ± 871.9	2.578.7 ± 2.172.9	0.062^f

	p-values	0.7^f	0.81^f

POD 2	Low dosage (<0.01 μg)	2.335.5 ± 2.436.2	9.252.8 ± 9.681.3	0.014^f

	Normal dosage (≥0.01 μg)	3.509 ± 2751.1	7.081.3 ± 4.235.8	0.073^f

	p-values	0.03^f	0.807^f

POD 3	Low dosage (<0.01 μg)	3.952.7 ± 5.067.4	13.415	0.13^f

	Normal dosage (≥0.01 μg)	5.804.9 ± 3.476.9	5.478 ± 994.2	0.89^f

	p-values	0.003^f	0.221^f

Note: POD: Post-operative day; AHF: Acute heart failure.; f. Mann-Withney U test.