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Therapeutic interventions: standard therapy versus EGDT |
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| Intervention |
0–6 hours |
7–72 hours |
0–72 hours |
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| Fluid therapy (l) |
-2.49a |
+1.98b |
+0.085 |
| Receiving vasopressors (%) |
+2.9 |
+13.8d |
+14.5c |
| Receiving inotropes (%) |
-12.9a |
-6.1 |
-6.2 |
| Receiving red blood cell transfusion (%) |
-45.6a |
-21.7a |
-23.9a |
| Mechanical ventilation instituted (%) |
+0.8 |
+14.6a |
+15.0c |
| Pulmonary artery catheter use (%) |
+3.4 |
+10.6e |
+13.9b |
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A negative or positive value indicates how the control group therapy compares with the treatment group. a P < 0.001, b P = 0.01, c P = 0.02, d P = 0.03, e P = 0.04. EGDT, early goal-directed therapy. | |||
Vincent et al. Critical Care 2002 6(Suppl 3):S1 doi:10.1186/cc1860 |
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