To examine whether the PPVs for shock overall and shock subtypes could be improved using a concurrent procedure code of inotropic/vasopressor therapy, we estimated the PPV as the proportion of confirmed shock cases among patients registered with both a shock diagnosis and an inotropic/vasopressor code.
The proportion of septic shock was greater in patients with renal impairment than those with normal renal function (the proportion of septic shock: 30% in renal impairment, 11% in normal renal function, P = 0.001).
Septic cardiomyopathy occurs in a significant proportion of septic shock patients.
Furthermore, we had a high proportion of septic shock patients in our population (32%), and because of the vasoplegia intrinsic to this pathology, there were numerous hyperkinetic patients with a LV EF > 60%.
Lethality is observed in a high proportion of heat shock treated embryos over-expressing menin [16].
Another study reported a significantly greater proportion of septic shock in CAIs when yeast was detected in the peritoneal fluid culture [ 23].
With regard to the severity of the sepsis, it is worth noting that no difference was found between the two groups in terms of SOFA scores or in the proportion of septic shock.
The calculations were done under the assumption that all the missing medical charts did not differ from the charts found in the archives with respect to the proportion of confirmed shock cases.
Finally, because mortality is very high in patients with shock and there was a higher proportion of patients with shock at hospitals with on-site catheterization, we performed a model that excluded patients with shock and failed to find a mortality difference (adjusted HR, 1.0; 95% CI, 0.94 1.07).
The proportions of cardiogenic shock were very high, viz 9.9% in STEMI, 4.2% in non-STEMI infarctions and even 12.7% in the AMI NOS group.
