Association between baseline pulse pressure and prognosis in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study
Yifan Gao, Wei Su, Yinshan Wu, Ying Chen, Senbin Hu, Zhendong Fang, Weipeng Huang, Jiali Mao, Kedi Gao, Minmin Chen, Qixun Luo, Shu Cao, Feng Guo · 2026
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Yifan Gao leads a 2026 team that links admission pulse pressure, the gap between top and bottom blood pressure readings, to survival in critically ill patients. Records covered 22,035 intensive care patients from the MIMIC-IV database, with pulse pressure taken at first measurement. Outcomes spanned hospital stay plus six-month and one-year mortality.
Risk followed a U shape, bottoming near 49 millimeters of mercury, with the safest band at 46 to 51. Patients below or above that band died more often in hospital and over the following year. Links ran stronger in older and septic patients. Repeat survival-time analyses confirmed the pattern. A number already on every chart may flag hidden risk at admission.
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| CREATOR | Yifan Gao, Wei Su, Yinshan Wu, Ying Chen, Senbin Hu, Zhendong Fang, Weipeng Huang, Jiali Mao, Kedi Gao, Minmin Chen, Qixun Luo, Shu Cao, Feng Guo |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33859 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |