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Table 2 Median ± IQR of aorta, cranial mesenteric artery (CMA) and duodenal perfusion of sepsis and not-sepsis bitches classified by SOFA score

From: Abdominal perfusion in canine patients with pyometra and sepsis evaluated by Doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound

Variables

Not-sepsis

Sepsis SOFA

P-value

SAP (mmHg)

187 ± 35.3

120 ± 23.9

0.005*

B-Mode

 Duodenal thickness (cm)

0.39 ± 0.09

0.37 ± 0.19

0.732

Aorta Doppler

 BFVaorta (ml/min/kg)

109 ± 40.6

114 ± 82

0.838

 PSaorta (cm/s)

103 ± 25.6

85.5 ± 23.6

0.280

 RIaorta

0.87 ± 0.06

0.83 ± 0.08

0.408

 PIaorta

3.07 ± 2.32

2.79 ± 2.04

0.585

 TaMinaorta (cm/s)

14.1 ± 6.45

12.6 ± 4.43

0.672

 EDaorta (cm/s)

13.7 ± 8.45

13.8 ± 7.3

0.976

 TaMaxaorta (cm/s)

28.9 ± 13.2

26.3 ± 8.64

0.709

Cranial Mesenteric Artery Doppler

 BFVcma (ml/min/kg)

39 ± 39.3

42.8 ± 26.9

0.747

 PScma (cm/s)

109 ± 74.1

113 ± 41.7

0.816

 RIcma

0.82 ± 0.06

0.81 ± 0.08

0.550

 PIcma

2.32 ± 1.26

2.46 ± 0.59

0.550

 TaMincma (cm/s)

15.3 ± 12.7

20.4 ± 8.4

0.739

 EDcma (cm/s)

16.3 ± 11.5

21.8 ± 5.85

0.600

 TaMaxcma (cm/s)

31.9 ± 30.7

42.4 ± 14.4

0.786

CEUS

 PeakDuodenum (Pixel)

34.9 ± 44.5

71.8 ± 51.5

0.375

 PeakDuodenum (%)

14.8 ± 12.6

18.7 ± 16.9

0.539

 AUCDuodenum (%s)

299 ± 302

321 ± 950

0.733

 TpDuodenum (s)

11.5 ± 22.1

10.9 ± 5.62

0.580

 MTTDuodenum (s)

23.8 ± 37.1

18.9 ± 11.9

0.453

 PixelDuodenum

409 ± 240

321 ± 224

0.838

  1. SAP Systolic Arterial Pressure, BFV Blood Flow Volume, aorta abdominal aorta artery, cma cranial mesenteric artery, PS peak systolic velocity, RI resistivity index, PI pulsatility index, ED end diastolic velocity, TaMin time-averaged minimum velocity, TaMax time-averaged maximum velocity, Peak peak intensity of contrast, AUC area under the curve, Tp time to peak intensity, MTT mean transit time
  2. *Considered statistically significant by t-Student test p ≤ 0.05