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Table 3 Median ± IQR of aorta, cranial mesenteric artery (CMA) and duodenal perfusion of sepsis and not-sepsis bitches classified by SIRS score

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

Variables

Not-sepsis

Sepsis SIRS

P-value

SAP (mmHg)

195 ± 25.3

170 ± 45.1

0.042*

B-Mode

 Duodenal thickness (cm)

0.39 ± 0.09

0.35 ± 0.12

0.524

Aorta Doppler

 BFVaorta (ml/min/kg)

148 ± 54.6

99.9 ± 26.1

0.014*

 PSaorta (cm/s)

115 ± 22.9

89.5 ± 22.6

0.009*

 RIaorta

0.89 ± 0.05

0.84 ± 0.07

0.038*

 PIaorta

4.00 ± 1.68

3.27 ± 1.84

0.294

 TaMinaorta (cm/s)

14.9 ± 6.52

13 ± 5.92

0.448

 EDaorta (cm/s)

12.7 ± 7.57

14.5 ± 8.78

0.562

 TaMaxaorta (cm/s)

30 ± 12.9

27.4 ± 12.4

0.599

Cranial Mesenteric Artery Doppler

 VFScma (ml/min/kg)

43.8 ± 15.2

42.5 ± 29.3

0.881

 PScma (cm/s)

109 ± 29.1

113 ± 44.4

0.742

 RIcma

0.83 ± 0.03

0.81 ± 0.05

0.206

 PIcma

3.05 ± 1.47

2.51 ± 0.73

0.263

 TaMincma (cm/s)

17.3 ± 8.04

19.1 ± 8.51

0.578

 EDcma (cm/s)

18.1 ± 5.93

20.7 ± 8.91

0.366

 TaMaxcma (cm/s)

34.2 ± 14.2

39.3 ± 17.2

0.411

CEUS

 PeakDuodenum (Pixel)

28.9 ± 33.9

63.9 ± 58.6

0.049*

 PeakDuodenum (%)

11.2 ± 12.5

19.9 ± 11.6

0.143

 AUCDuodenum (%s)

288 ± 289

350 ± 408

0.884

 TpDuodenum (s)

13.5 ± 21.6

10.8 ± 5.65

0.770

 MTTDuodenum (s)

27.9 ± 39.9

18.2 ± 13.1

0.188

 PixelDuodenum

361 ± 269

408 ± 240

0.981

  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