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From: The relationship between inotrope exposure, six-hour postoperative physiological variables, hospital mortality and renal dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Figure 2

Hospital mortality stratified by (A) oxygen delivery, (B) cardiac index, (C) serum lactate and (D) mixed venous oxygen saturation. Two groups of patients are represented (inotrope-exposed and inotrope-unexposed). The adjusted odds ratios for the association between inotrope exposure and mortality were 8.5 (95% CI 4.8 to 15.0) after adjusting for oxygen delivery and 7.7 (95% CI 4.4 to 13.7) after adjusting for cardiac index. The adjusted odds ratios for the association between inotropes exposure and mortality were 5.7 (95% CI 2.4 to 13.5) after adjusting for serum lactate and 5.3 (95% CI 2.4 to 11.4) after adjusting for mixed venous oxygen saturation. Error bars indicate 95% CI. Data from only one hospital were used for analyses of serum lactate and mixed venous oxygen saturation, resulting in wider 95% CIs.

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