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Table 2 Factors associated with inability to acquire echocardiographic views

From: Basic critical care echocardiography training of intensivists allows reproducible and reliable measurements of cardiac output

 

Possible to acquire

Not possible to acquire

p

n (%)

Mean

SD

n (%)

Mean

SD

Age

34

66

13

8

68

19

0.721

BMI

33

28

5

7

29

9

0.631

Mechanical ventilation

27 (77)

  

8 (23)

  

0.563

Tidal volume (mL)

26

542

63

7

616

53

0.008

PEEP

26

7

3

8

6

1

0.116

Thoracic drain

7 (87)

  

1 (12)

  

0.503

Abdominal dressing

2 (40)

  

3 (60)

  

0.043

  1. BMI: body mass index; mL: milliliters; PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure; SD: standard deviation
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