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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients who underwent renal ultrasound

From: Clinical utility of gray scale renal ultrasound in acute kidney injury

Patient characteristics

All patients

With AKI

 

(n= 1471)

(n= 810)

Demographics

  

  Age (years)

61.1 ± 17.7

63.6 ± 16.4

  Male gender

730 (49.6)

431 (53.2)

Clinical data

  

  ICU admission

374 (25.4)

301 (37.2)

  Cr at time of RUS (μM/L)

167 (106–255)

194 (150–290)

Medical history

  

  CKD

727 (49.4)

444 (54.8)

  Nephrolithiasis

35 (2.4)

15 (1.9)

  BPH

62 (4.2)

32 (4.0)

  Abdominal malignancy

93 (6.3)

68 (8.4)

  Other*

55 (3.7)

23 (2.8)

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD, n (%) or median (interquartile range).
  2. Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit, Cr creatinine, RUS renal ultrasound, CKD chronic kidney disease, BPH benign prostatic hypertrophy.
  3. *Other includes neurogenic bladder, retroperitoneal fibrosis, known renal or urinary tract anomaly, prior pelvic surgery, prior ectopic pregnancy, prior pelvic inflammatory disease, prior renal surgery, and abdominal trauma.
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