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Table 4 Cardiac function parameter medians and interquartile ranges at different time points by study group

From: Myocardial and haemodynamic responses to two fluid regimens in African children with severe malnutrition and hypovolaemic shock (AFRIM study)

Parameter

Bolus + rehydration group (group 1)

Rehydration-only group (group 2)

P value*

Pre fluid Median, (IQR)

Post fluid Median, (IQR)

24 h Median, (IQR)

Pre fluid Median, (IQR)

Post fluid Median, (IQR)

24 h Median, (IQR)

FS (%)

28 (23, 31)

30 (24, 32)

29 (28, 31)

31 (23, 33)

31 (27, 35)

28 (25, 29)

0.89

IVCCI (%)

30 (23, 46)

38 (37, 39)

34 (23, 39)

38 (28, 44)

28 (24, 35)

23 (22, 26)

0.97

SVI (ml/min/m2)

30 (23, 45)

34 (27, 43)

33 (26, 37)

30 (24, 32)

32 (31, 41)

38 (32, 39)

0.81

CI (L/min/m2)

6.6 (4.0, 8.3)

6.3 (4.5, 7.5)

5.0 (4.6, 5.8)

6.9 (5.0, 8.5)

6.9 (4.9, 7.6)

6.2 (5.7, 7.0)

0.90

EDVI (ml/min/m2)

60 (48, 77)

62 (52, 76)

58 (44, 64)

50 (48, 59)

58 (51, 60)

74 (58, 76)

0.75

SVRI (ds/cm5/m2)

1349 (1039, 1797)

1275 (1189, 1610)

1422 (1294, 1556)

1265 (1155, 1969)

1105 (1071, 1655)

2102 (1883, 2113)

0.77

Tei index

0.28 (0.15, 0.40)

0.38 (0.10, 0.44)

0.27 (0.16, 0.32)

0.24 (0.17, 0.25)

0.15 (0.11, 0.32)

0.27 (0.25, 0.34)

0.73

Heart rate

106 (99, 113)

108 (102, 116)

111 (102, 129)

144 (109, 160)

130 (103, 170)

105 (103, 111)

0.19

GRS (%)

27 (12, 37)

24 (14, 36)

32 (13, 39)

21 (18, 29)

46 (31, 47)

32 (20, 34)

0.15

GCS (%)

-18 (-22, -15)

-19 (-25, -18)

-17 (-19, -14)

-19 (-25, -14)

-21 (-26, -18)

-21 (-21, -20)

0.81

GLS (%)

-23 (-24, -18)

-21 (-25, -15)

-22 (-25, -18)

-22 (-23, -19)

-20 (-23, -19)

-19 (-19, -17)

0.69

  1. FS fractional shortening, IVCCI inferior vena cava collapsibility index, SVI stroke volume index, CI cardiac index, EDVI end-diastolic volume index, SVRI systemic vascular resistance index, GRS global radial strain, GCS global circumferential strain, GLS global longitudinal strain. * P value comparing post-fluid indices in group 1 vs. group 2