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Table 1 Characteristics of individual patients at day of blood volume measurement

From: Blood volume and albumin transudation in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Parameter at time of measurement

Pat 1

#S

Pat 2

%#NS

Pat 3

NS

Pat 4

NS

Pat 5

#NS

Pat 6

S

Mean ± SD

Median IQR

ICU Admission

March

2020

March

2020

April

2020

April

2020

April

2020

April

2020

 

Day of ICU admission at measurement

14

20

11

13

7

2

 

Age|male/female

70|M

69|M

49|M

62|M

66|F

81|M

66 ± 11

68 (59–73)

Height (cm)

1.75

1.73

1.65

1.73

1.58

1.52

166 ± 0.09 | 1.69 (1.57–1.74)

Weight (kg)

76.2

78.0

77.8

67.8

93.9

61.8

75.9 ± 10.9 | 77.0 (66.3–82.0)

Ideal body weight (kg)

70.0

69.0

61.0

69.0

51

50.0

61.7 ± 9.2 | 65.0 (50.8–69.3)

Heart rate (b/min)

95

104

97

69

112

72

92 ± 17

96 (71–106)

Systolic arterial pressure (mmHg)

137

72

97

94

146

96

107 ± 28

97 (89–138)

Diastolic arterial pressure (mmHg)

56

38

66

48

52

42

50 ± 10

50 (41–59)

Mean arterial pressure (mm Hg)

79

50

76

66

75

58

67 ± 11

71 (56–77)

Lactate (mmol/L)

1.5

1.6

1.3

2.5

1.8

1.4

1.7 ± 0.4

1.6 (1.4–2.0)

C reactive protein at measurement (mg/L)

3

239

409

282

263

50

208 ± 153

251 (38–313)

Inspired oxygen fraction

0.4

0.8

0.7

1

0.8

0.4

0.68 ± 0.24

0.75 (0.4–0.9)

Pulse oximetry (%)

97

95

96

95

91

96

95 ± 2

96 (94–97)

Net fluid balance day before measurement (L)

− 0.9

1.2

1.3

− 0.3

− 0.9

3.0

0.6 ± 1.5

0.45 (− 0.9 to 1.7)

Fluids IN day before measurement (L)

3.6

2.1

2.6

1.7

3.1

3.2

2.7 ± 0.7

2.9 (2.0–3.3)

Urine output day before measurement (L)

4.5

0.7

0.8

2.7

1.8

0.7

1.9 ± 1.5

1.3 (0.7–3.2)

Fluids in since admission (L)

36.8

41

17.2

19.8

15.4

3.8

22.3 ± 14.0

18.5 (12.5–37.9)

Net fluid balance since admission (L)

8.2

10

5.9

3.0

0.3

4.0

5.2 ± 3.5

5.0 (2.3–8.7)

Clinical assessment of volume status

Hyper

Hyper

Eu

Hyper

Hyper

Hypo

 

Total blood volume (mL)

4200

4290

5360

3990

4870

4552

4544 ± 502

4421 (4223–4791)

Red cell volume (mL)

1215

935

1391

841

1220

1370

1162 ± 227

1218 (1005–1333)

Plasma volume (mL)

2985

3355

3969

3149

3650

3182

3382 ± 366

3269 (3157–3576)

Total blood volume dev (%)

− 16.6

− 17.3

− 15.2

− 18.9

+ 3.3

+ 17.2

− 7.9 ± 14.8

− 15.9 (− 17.7 to 6.8)

Red cell volume dev (%)

− 41%

− 56%

− 26%

− 58%

− 28%

− 13%

− 34 (− 56 to − 23)

Plasma volume dev (%)

− 0%

9%

44%

8%

21%

38%

15% (6–39)

Albumin transudation rate (%/min)

0.58

0.82

0.43

0.49

0.24

0.12

0.45 ± 0.25

0.46 (0.21–0.64)

  1. Mean ± SD and median (IQR 25, 75)
  2. % = being treated with norepinephrine, # = being treated with diuretic, S = survivor, NS = non-survivor
  3. Hyper: hypervolemia, Eu: euvolemia, Hypo: hypovolemia. Total blood volume deviation: absolute and relative deviation of the expected total blood volume of a healthy individual