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Table 1 Pleural effusion and haemodynamic variables

From: Fluid loading and norepinephrine infusion mask the left ventricular preload decrease induced by pleural effusion

 

Baseline

Pleural effusion

p value

LVEDA (cm2)

11.6 ± 1.1

9.8 ± 1.2

0.001

LVESA (cm2)

7.3 ± 1.2

5.8 ± 1.0

0.001

IVCDia (cm)

0.9 ± 0.3

1.0 ± 0.3

0.352

dIVC (%)

5 ± 11

6 ± 9

0.703

CVP (mmHg)

4 ± 3

7 ± 3

0.001

Afterload (mmHg)

90 ± 21

68 ± 17

0.001

LVFAC (%)

37 ± 7

40 ± 9

0.205

MAP (mmHg)

77 ± 12

62 ± 14

0.001

CO (L/min)

2.2 ± 0.5

1.9 ± 0.4

0.001

HR (bpm)

62 ± 8

64 ± 18

0.619

LVEDP (mmHg)

8 ± 3

10 ± 3

0.001

PPV (%)

11 ± 5

11 ± 3

0.976

PaO2 (kPa)

32 ± 3

12 ± 4

0.001

  1. Table 1 depicts the haemodynamic variables as mean ± standard deviation at baseline and after 75 mL/kg bilateral pleural effusion installation
  2. Abbreviations: LVEDA left ventricular end-diastolic area, LVESA left ventricular end-systolic area, IVC Dia expiratory inferior vena cava diameter, dIVC inferior vena cava distensibility, CVP central venous pressure, Afterload left ventricular afterload, LVFAC left ventricular fractional area change, MAP mean arterial pressure, CO cardiac output, HR heart rate, LVEDP left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, PPV pulse pressure variation, Pa0 2 arterial partial pressure of oxygen