Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
Table 2.
Parameters at baseline.
Figure 1.
Changes in perfused capillary density following infusions of dobutamine (median 60 minutes), enoximone (median 85 minutes), and norepinephrine (median 75 minutes) at the individual patient level.
↑, increase of parameter following inotropic therapy in terms of percentage relative to baseline. The reference value of perfused capillary density is indicated by the red dashed line (ie, 10.3 mm.mm−2). Values greater than this reference are to be considered as preserved capillary density, values below or equal to this reference reflect impaired capillary density [5].
Table 3.
The effects of infusions of dobutamine (median 60 minutes), enoximone (median 85 minutes), and norepinephrine (median 75 minutes) on parameters of macro- and microcirculation.
Table 4.
Correlations between changes in pooled global hemodynamic and microcirculatory parameters.
Figure 2.
Thirty-day mortality according to final perfused capillary density.
In the subgroup of patients (n = 18) with low perfused capillary density (ie, ≤10.3 mm.mm−2), 13 patients died, whereas in the subgroup of patients (n = 12) with preserved capillary density (ie, >10.3 mm.mm−2) 2 patients died (p = 0.003).