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Table 2 Sublingual microcirculatory parameters during baseline, cardiac arrest (CA) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

From: Microcirculatory blood flow during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation does not correlate with global hemodynamics: an experimental study

 

Baseline

CA

CPR

p value of Friedman test

Small vessels (≤20 µm)

 TVD (mm/mm2)

15.64 (13.59–18.48)

12.51 (10.57–13.98)

13.33 (12.11–15.11)

0.00005

 PVD (mm/mm2)

15.57 (13.56–17.80)

5.53 (4.17–6.60)

9.34 (7.34–11.52)

<0.00001

 PPV (%)

99.64 (98.05–100.00)

38.97 (27.60–46.29)

72.34 (54.31–87.87)

<0.00001

 MFI

3.00 (3.00–3.08)

1.29 (1.08–1.58)

2.04 (1.58–2.42)

<0.00001

 HI

0.08 (0.00–0.23)

1.5 (0.71–2.00)

0.65 (0.41–1.07)

<0.00001

Other vessels (>20 µm)

 TVD (mm/mm2)

0.41 (0.24–0.85)

0.21 (0.03–0.63)

0.47 (0.35–0.64)

0.14 (NS)

 PVD (mm/mm2)

0.41 (0.24–0.85)

0.13 (0.01–0.38)

0.43 (0.35–0.64)

0.0005

 PPV (%)

100.00 (100.00–100.00)

59.26 (50.00–100.00)

100.00 (95.04–100.00)

0.0005

 MFI

3.00 (3.00–3.08)

2.06 (1.64–2.67)

2.8 (2.75–3.00)

<0.00001

 HI

0.00 (0.00–0.08)

0.05 (0.00–0.41)

0.12 (0.00–0.18)

0.27 (NS)

  1. Data are given as medians (the first and the third quartile)
  2. TVD total vessel density, PVD perfused vessel density, PPV proportion of perfused vessels, MFI microvascular flow index, HI heterogeneity index, NS non-significant