Skip to main content

Table 3 Decreasing cardiac output with clinical risk-conditions

From: In emergently ventilated trauma patients, low end-tidal CO2and low cardiac output are associated and correlate with hemodynamic instability, hemorrhage, abnormal pupils, and death

 

Cardiac output (L/min)

 

Condition:

Present

Absent

P-value

Injury Severity Score > 20

5.6 ± 2.3

7.0 ± 2.1

< 0.0001

Hypotension

2.8 ± 3.3

6.7 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

Bradycardia

2.2 ± 2.9

6.7 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

Cardiac Arrest

0.0 ± 0.0

6.6 ± 1.8

< 0.0001

Major Blood Loss

4.2 ± 3.7

6.5 ± 1.9

< 0.0001

RBC Transfusion

4.5 ± 3.5

6.4 ± 2.2

0.0001

Abnormal Pupils

5.4 ± 2.7

6.3 ± 2.5

0.0059

Death

3.9 ± 3.1

6.7 ± 1.9

< 0.0001

  1. RBC Red Blood Cell.