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. 2022 Mar 4;23:194. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06115-0

Table 1.

Previous trials evaluating the role of midodrine for hypotension

Author Year Patients Population Study type Outcomes Results
Levine et al. 2013 20 Surgical Single-center prospective cohort Dose of IV vasopressor • Decrease of −1.58 mcg/min of phenylephrine with use of midodrine
Poverno et al. 2016 188 General Single-center retrospective cohort

Duration of IV vasopressor

• ICU LoS

• Hospital LoS

• ICU readmission

• Midodrine patients required IV vasopressors for 1.2 days following initiation of midodrine

• No change in ICU length of stay

• Increased hospital length of stay with midodrine (12.0 vs. 9.5days)

• No difference in ICU readmission between groups

Whitson et al. 2016 275 Medical Single-center retrospective cohort

Duration of IV vasopressor

• ICU LoS

• Hospital LoS

• IV vasopressor reinstitution

• Mortality

• Decrease duration of IV vasopressors by 0.9 days

• Decrease ICU length of stay (7.5 days vs. 9.4 days) with midodrine

• Decrease hospital length of stay (21.9 days vs. 24.2 days) with midodrine

• No mortality difference between groups

Santer et al. 2020 136 General Multicenter RCT

Duration of IV vasopressor

• ICU LoS

• Hospital LoS

• ICU readmission

• Adverse events

• No difference in duration of IV vasopressors

• No difference in ICU or hospital LoS

• No difference in ICU readmissions between groups