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Table 5 Baseline measurements and treatment effects on heart rate, pulse pressure, central venous pressure, patient temperature, net fluid balance, pH, PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio, lactate, bilirubin, INR and APTT

From: Therapeutic plasma exchange does not reduce vasopressor requirement in severe acute liver failure: a retrospective case series

 

Effect size (SE)

P-value

Heart rate

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.002

P1-Pre

5.15 (1.88)

0.006

P12-Pre

−1.12 (1.97)

0.568

P12-P1

−6.28 (1.97)

0.001

Baseline lactate

1.4 (0.39)

<0.001

Pulse pressure (mmHg)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.456

P1-Pre

0.55 (1.88)

0.772

P12-Pre

2.40 (1.98)

0.226

P12-P1

1.85 (1.98)

0.350

Baseline bilirubin

0.05 (0.01)

<0.001

Central venous pressure (mmHg)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

<0.001

P1-Pre

−1.00 (0.69)

0.146

P12-Pre

−2.96 (0.73)

<0.001

P12-P1

−1.96 (0.73)

0.007

Baseline bilirubin

0.01 (0.004)

0.007

Temperature (Celsius)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.011

P1-Pre

0.41 (0.16)

0.013

P12-Pre

−0.04 (0.17)

0.792

P12-P1

−0.45 (0.17)

0.008

Fluid balance (ml)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.021

P1-Pre

34.1 (254.1)

0.893

P12-Pre

−627.5 (264.9)

0.018

P12-P1

−661.6 (564.9)

0.013

pH

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.053

P1-Pre

0.03 (0.02)

0.122

P12-Pre

0.04 (0.02)

0.025

P12-P1

0.01 (0.02)

0.798

PaO 2 /FiO 2

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.073

P1-Pre

−0.05 (0.21)

0.801

P12-Pre

−0.39 (0.18)

0.029

P12-P1

−0.34 (0.22)

0.118

RRT at baseline

−1.40 (0.49)

0.005

Lactate (mmol/L)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.588

P1-Pre

0.25 (0.57)

0.664

P12-Pre

−0.35 (0.46)

0.449

P12-P1

−0.60 (0.62)

0.331

Bilirubin (µmol/L)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.026

P1-Pre

−44.4 (17.3)

0.010

P12-Pre

5.33 (11.7)

0.649

P12-P1

49.7 (19.3)

0.010

INR

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.025

P1-Pre

−1.55 (0.63)

0.014

P12-Pre

−0.90 (0.55)

0.103

P12-P1

0.65 (0.75)

0.383

APTT (s)

  

Treatment effect (Pre v P1 v P12)

 

0.421

P1-Pre

−1.57 (4.12)

0.703

P12-Pre

−4.53 (3.45)

0.189

P12-P1

−2.97 (4.41)

0.501

  1. SE: Standard error.
  2. † P1-P12: number of hours post treatment.