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Table 3 Outcomes according to need of postoperative RRT.

From: Cardiac-surgery associated acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy. A Spanish retrospective case-cohort study

 

No postoperative

RRT

(n = 690)

Postoperative

RRT

(n = 174)

P value

Days under mechanical ventilation

0.85 (2.37)

8.70 (14.4)

< 0.001

Percent change in creatinine concentration at hospital discharge from preoperative levels.

-0.19 (34.8)

56.8 (152.4)

< 0.001

In-hospital mortality (%)

3.5

65.5

< 0.001

Length of hospital stay in days

14.2 (11.9)

30.2 (31.1)

< 0.001

  1. Continuous variables are shown as mean (SD) and compared via Student's t-test. Categorical variables are shown as percentages and compared using Chi-squared test.
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