Clinical Study

Impact of Intravenous Fluid Challenge Infusion Time on Macrocirculation and Endothelial Glycocalyx in Surgical and Critically Ill Patients

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Group FGroup S
AllCohort ORCohort SEPAllCohort ORCohort SEP
(N=32)(N=25)(N=7)(N=34)(N=25)(N=9)

Age (years)60.1 ± 14.759.5 ± 12.961.1 ± 18.160 ± 16.661.7 ± 15.256.7 ± 19.3

Sex (Female/male)18/1414/114/318/1615/103/6

Height (cm)167.8 ± 12.5169.3 ± 11.2165 ± 26167.3 ± 11.1168 ± 8.8165.9 ± 26.1

Weight (kg)88.8 ± 26.385.6 ± 17.395.7 ± 39.387.2 ± 26.282.9 ± 15.195.8 ± 39.8

Predicted body weight (kg)64.0 ± 11.164.0 ± 11.364.2 ± 11.564.0 ± 9.862.3 ± 8.965.9 ± 11.2

Fluid challenge infusion rate (ml/min)46 (39-54)44 (39-54)47 (40-52)11 (9-12)10 (9-12)11 (10-13)

Chronic conditions

ASA grade (1/2/3)-5/9/11--5/13/6-

APACHE II score--26.6 ± 7.2--27.2 ± 9.6

SOFA score--10 (7.3 – 14.3)--8 (7.8 – 12.3)

Hypertension (no.)2115317124

Smoking (no.)1063942

Diabetes (no.)1091651

Operative procedure

Laminectomy-9--6-

Discectomy-5--14-

Fixation-11--5-

Intraoperative blood loss (ml)-175--300-
(100 – 300)(188-400)

Sepsis origin and nature

Lungs--2--5

Abdomen--5--2

Bloodstream--0--1

Orofacial--0--1

Vasopressor use (no (%))--6 (86%)--8 (89%)

Noradrenalin dose (μg/kg/min)--0.46--0.38
(0.13-0.50)(0.24-0.71)

Septic shock--4 (57%)--8 (89%)

Baseline biochemistry

Hematocrit (%)39.6 ± 6.342.6 ± 3.333.6 ± 6.639.8 ± 5.942.5 ± 3.434.2 ± 6.2

Sodium (mmol/l)140.9 ± 3.6140.7 ± 2.7141 ± 5.0140.7 ± 4.2140.4 ± 2.9141.3 ± 6.3

Protein (g/l)63.7 ± 9.868.4 ± 7.455.6 ± 19.366.3 ± 9.771.4 ± 11.355.6 ± 8.2

Creatinine (umol/l)103.6 ± 67.475 ± 19.2160.7 ± 91.495.5 ± 59.571.9 ± 4.1145.7 ± 85.2

C-reactive protein (mg/l)--266.6 ± 30.0--265.2 ± 29.9

Procalcitonin (ug/l)--16.0 ± 8.5--16.1 ± 8.5

Serum lactate (mmol/l)--2.18 ± 1.27--2.66 ± 0.73

Data are displayed as mean ± standard deviation, median (25th-75th percentile), or number (proportion).
Abbreviations: APACHE II: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation score-second version; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiology physiological status; SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.