Pulmonary hypertension at admission predicts ICU mortality in elderly critically ill with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: retrospective cohort study

Table 4 Point-of-care heart and lung ultrasound data

Variable	All (n = 117)	ICU survivors (n = 58)	ICU non-survivors (n = 59)	Statistics (p)
Heart:
LVEF, %	51 ± 15	50 ± 15	52 ± 14	0.5
LVOT VTI	18 ± 5	18 ± 5	19 ± 5	0.2
PASP, mmHg	36.7 ± 12.9	32.5 ± 9.8	40.4 ± 14.3	0.024^a
TAPSE, cm	1.95 ± 0.52	1.93 ± 0.56	1.97 ± 0.49	0.7
TAPSE/PASP, cm/mmHg	0.05 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.02	0.05 ± 0.02	0.8
VCI min. diameter, cm	1.6 ± 0.8	1.7 ± 0.7	1.5 ± 0.8	0.3
VCI max. diameter, cm	2.1 ± 0.5	2.2 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.6	0.3
Lung:
Diffuse B-lines pattern, n (%)	54 (46)	19 (33)	35 (59)	0.005^az
Mixed A-/B-lines pattern, n (%)	41 (35)	24 (41)	17 (29)	0.3
A-lines pattern, n (%)	3 (3)	3 (5)	0	0.2
Pleural effusion, n (%)	16 (13)	9 (16)	7 (12)	0.8
Lung consolidations, n (%)	3 (3)	3 (5)	0	0.2

Values represent means with standard deviations or number of subjects with percentages
Abbreviations: ICU Intensive care unit, LVEF Left ventricular ejection fraction, LVOT VTI Left ventricular outflow tract velocity time integral, PASP Pulmonary artery systolic pressure, TAPSE Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, VCI Vena cava inferior
^aDenotes statistically significant difference between groups at < 0.05 level

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