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21 January 2021: Database Analysis

Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Vasopressin in Patients with Sepsis and Preexisting or Acute Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Dandan Zhou 1ABCEF** , Baohua Zhu 2ABCDF* , Jie Jiang 2DEF , Guangquan Zhou 3CEF , Suming Zhou 4ADEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.927716

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e927716

Supplementary Table 1 Microbiology data for the patients.

VariablesNE group (n=1055)NE+VAS group (n=371)Dopamine group (n=438)P value
Bacterium (%)
Non-fermenter56 (5.3%)24 (6.5%)14 (3.2%)0.089
Tubercle bacillus3 (0.3%)1 (0.3%)2 (0.5%)0.856*
Anaerobic bacteria5 (0.5%)4 (1.1%)3 (0.7%)0.377*
24 (2.3%)11 (3.0%)10 (2.3%)0.742
10 (0.9%)6 (1.6%)5 (1.1%)0.550*
106 (10.0%)49 (13.2%)46 (10.5%)0.235
60 (5.7%)25 (6.7%)28 (6.4%)0.725
Gram-negative bacteria41 (3.9%)10 (2.7%)28 (6.4%)0.023
Gram-positive bacteria19 (1.8%)10 (2.7%)8 (8.7%)0.548
60 (5.7%)13 (3.5%)21 (4.8%)0.246
25 (2.4%)6 (1.6%)9 (2.1%)0.683
Staphylococcus species256 (24.3%)86 (23.2%)109 (24.9%)0.850
39 (3.7%)9 (2.4%)16 (3.7%)0.492
Fungi (%)192 (18.2%)70 (18.9%)61 (13.9%)0.095
Virus (%)10 (0.9%)0 (0.0%)2 (0.5%)0.147*
There were 1592 patients (85.4%) who had the microbiological results in this study. Gram-negative bacteria: other gram-negative bacteria not classified. Gram-positive bacteria: other gram-positive bacteria not classified. Non-fermenter included , , , and .
* Using Fisher’s exact test.

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