Key result
Using the median cardiorespiratory values of survivors as therapeutic goals significantly reduced mortality compared to using normal values of healthy volunteers (13% vs 48%).
Why the study?
Does using the cardiorespiratory patterns of survivors as therapeutic goals reduce mortality in critically ill postoperative patients?
Population
100 consecutive critically ill postoperative patients
Comparison
Therapeutic goals based on median… vs Therapeutic goals based on normal values of…
Design
Other
Authors
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May support survivor cardiorespiratory targets over normals to cut postoperative ICU mortality; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials.
Does using the cardiorespiratory patterns of survivors as therapeutic goals reduce mortality in critically ill postoperative patients?
Absolute Event Rate: 13% vs 48%
Targeting the cardiorespiratory patterns of survivors rather than healthy normal values significantly reduces mortality in critically ill postoperative patients.
Shoemaker et al. (1982) studied Critically ill postoperative patients (n=100). Therapeutic goals based on median values of survivors vs. Therapeutic goals based on normal values of unstressed healthy volunteers was evaluated on Mortality. Using the median cardiorespiratory values of survivors as therapeutic goals significantly reduced mortality compared to using normal values of healthy volunteers (13% vs 48%).
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