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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of the Patients at the initiation of amiodarone infusion

From: Effect of heart rate control with amiodarone infusion on hemodynamic and clinical outcomes in septic shock patients with tachycardia: a prospective, single-arm clinical study

Variable

Amiodarone treated patients (n = 46)

Age (year)

59.8 ± 11.3a

Sex (male)

23(50.0)b

BMI (kg/m2)

27.4 ± 3.2

SOFA SCORE

7.24 ± 1.8

PLT (103/μl)

229.9 ± 85.1

BSA (m2)

1.93 ± 0.15

HR (bpm)

118.9 ± 18.7

MAP (mmHg)

98.4 ± 9.3

CI (l/min/m2)

3.61 ± 0.94

SVR (dynes/seconds/cm−5)

1106.8 ± 381.6

SVI (ml/m2/beat)

31.03 ± 8.5

NE (μ/min)

10.74 ± 2.9

FTC (milliseconds)

356.9 ± 78.6

LACTAT (mg/dL)

24.6 ± 11.5

Comorbidities n (%)

 Heart failure

10 (21%)

 Diabetes mellitus

18 (39.1%)

 Chronic kidney disease

13 (28.2%)

 Previous MI

12 (26%)

 Previous stroke

9 (19%)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

1 (2.2%)

 CRP

13.13 ± 10.59

 GFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

78.43 ± 16.56

 Cirrhosis

3 (6.5%)

  1. BMI: Body mass index, PLT: platelet, BSA: body surface area, HR: heart rate, MAP: mean arterial pressure, CI: cardiac index, SVR: Systemic vascular resistance, SVI: Stroke Volume Index, NE: Norepinephrine, FTC: flow time corrected, MI: myocardial infarction, CRP: c-reactive protein, GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate
  2. a Mean ± standard deviation, b number (%)