Table 3: Outcomes Based Upon Timing of the First Adjunctive Vasopressor.

 

Early

(n=36)

Late

(n=10)

P-value

In-hospital mortality – n (%)

27 (75)

9 (90)

0.4203

ICU length of stay – days, median (IQR)

9 (4.75, 21.25)

3 (1, 6.25)

0.0061

Hospital length of stay – days, median (IQR)

11 (8, 24)

3 (1, 6.25)

0.0026

Total duration of norepinephrine – hours, median (IQR)

96.5 (40.2, 167.1)

70.875 (25.25, 133.875)

0.3240

Total duration of adjunctive vasopressor – hours, median (IQR)

26 (14.4, 49.5)

17 (14, 20.25)

0.3413

Note: SD: standard deviation, ICU: intensive care unit, IQR: interquartile range.