Table 5.

ICU and hospital mortality risk analysis in the patients with cardiogenic shock receiving different inotropic agents.

(Expired as reference category)	ICU discharge		Hospital discharge
	HR [95%CI]	P-value	HR [95%CI]	P-value
Dobutamine	0.882 [0.820, 0.949]	<0.001	1.758 [1.467, 2.108]	<0.001
Dopamine ≤ 5 μg/kg/min	0.911 [0.718, 1.155]	0.442	0.781 [0.447, 1.367]	0.387
Dopamine 5–15 μg/kg/min	1.757 [1.137, 2.714]	0.011	0.875 [0.707, 1.082]	0.218
Dopamine > 15 μg/kg/min	2.454 [1.732, 3.478]	<0.001	1.772 [1.158, 2.712]	0.008
Epinephrine ≤ 0.1 μg/kg/min	0.763 [0.689, 0.843]	<0.001	1.906 [1.318, 2.755]	0.001
Epinephrine > 0.1 μg/kg/min	0.818 [0.748, 0.895]	<0.001	3.120 [2.506, 3.883]	<0.001
Norepinephrine ≤ 0.1 μg/kg/min	0.873 [0.838, 0.910]	0.001	0.943 [0.824, 1.079]	0.393
Norepinephrine > 0.1 μg/kg/min	0.993 [0.949, 1.038]	0.749	1.405 [1.263, 1.563]	<0.001
Milrinone	1.068 [0.964, 1.184]	0.208	0.559 [0.430, 0.727]	<0.001

Data displayed as HR [95%CI] with P-value using multivariate logistic regression using stepwise backward variable selection. HR, hazard ratio; 95%CI, 95% confidence interval.