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Table 4 Patients’ characteristics

From: Immediate versus delayed integrated point-of-care-ultrasonography to manage acute dyspnea in the emergency department

 

G1

G2

P value

Age (years)

74.3 ± 11.4

74.5 ± 12.7

0.9

BMI (kg/m2)

28.5 ± 3

29 ± 3.4

0.3

Heart rate (bpm)

96.6 ± 20.8

110.6 ± 24

<0.05

Respiratory rate (bpm)

28.5 ± 5.8

30.4 ± 5

<0.05

SBP (mmHg)

148 ± 33

155 ± 37

0.19

DBP (mmHg)

85.6 ± 17.4

88 ± 18

0.38

pH

7.38 ± 0.1

7.37 ± 0.16

0.7

pCO2 (mmHg)

48.5 ± 17.5

44.1 ± 15.8

0.09

pO2 (mmHg)

63.8 ± 20.5

63.8 ± 28

1

FiO2 (%)

27.3 ± 11.6

25.6 ± 11.9

0.18

SpO2 (%)

87.3 ± 9.8

88 ± 8.4

0.6

PaO2/FiO2

255 ± 89

260 ± 87

0.7

HCO3- (mmol/L)

27.4 ± 6.8

26 ± 6.2

0.16

Lactate (mmol/L)

2.03 ± 2.2

2.4 ± 1.9

0.24

Troponin-T (ng/mL)

0.15 ± 0.64

0.08 ± 0.15

0.34

CRP (mg/dL)

4.3 ± 7.3

6.8 ± 9.1

0.05

WBC (×103/mL)

9.7 ± 4.8

10.6 ± 12

0.5

D-dimers (ng/dL)

1,175.3 ± 1,351

1,991 ± 1,039

0.9

COPD (%)

59

46

0.48

Renal failure (%)

23.8

22.5

0.83

Ischemic heart disease (%)

50

36

0.07

Heart failure (%)

22,7

20

0.76

Cerebral vasculopathy (%)

30

32.5

0.56

Diabetes (%)

25

27.5

0.7

Atrial fibrillation (%)

18

20

0.76

  1. BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; CRP, C-reactive protein; WBC, white blood cell; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.