Statistics
septic
SECONDARY
The primary aim of our pilot study was to determine whether there are any differences in PPV, MFI, in septic patients depending on whether they received ascorbic acid vs. placebo. The sample size was in accordance with comparable previous studies [A secondary aim was to determine the differences in PBR and systemic hemodynamics between groups of septic patients receiving either ascorbic acid or placebo. Data were analyzed with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 22 for Windows, Chicago, USA). Due to the small sample size, data are presented as the median (25th–75th percentiles) and analyzed using non-parametric tests. Differences between groups were tested using a Mann–Whitney 