Open AccessAssociations between mean arterial pressure and 28-day mortality according to the presence of hypertension or previous blood pressure level in critically ill sepsis patients
Author(s) -
Gun Tak Lee,
Sung Yeon Hwang,
Ik Joon Jo,
Tae Rim Kim,
Hee Yoon,
Joo Hyun Park,
Won Chul,
Min Seob Sim,
Tae Gun Shin
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of thoracic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2077-6624
pISSN - 2072-1439
DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.04.108
Subject(s) - medicine , septic shock , sepsis , mean arterial pressure , blood pressure , group b , critically ill , odds ratio , shock (circulatory) , group a , mortality rate , cardiology , surgery , heart rate
We aimed to investigate the association between average mean arterial pressure (a-MAP) and mortality in critically ill sepsis patients according to the presence of hypertension and previously measured blood pressure (BP).