Table 2 Postoperative characteristics and outcomes of the liver transplantation cohort stratified by time from AKI to RRT or serum creatinine peak
From: Impact of acute kidney injury exposure period among liver transplantation patients
Time from AKI onset to RRT or SCr peak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Less than a week (N = 221) | A week or more (N = 94) | Total (N = 315) | p value | |
Postoperative pressor drugs | 41 (19%) | 13 (14%) | 54 (17%) | 0.309 |
Nephrotoxic drugs | 150 (68%) | 60 (64%) | 210 (67%) | 0.486 |
Sepsis | 82 (37%) | 38 (40%) | 120 (38%) | 0.579 |
Tacrolimus initially | 145 (66%) | 80 (85%) | 225 (71%) | <0.001 |
Surgical re-intervention | 54 (24%) | 33 (35%) | 87 (28%) | 0.053 |
Severe graft failure | 52 (24%) | 26 (28%) | 78 (25%) | 0.437 |
AKI stage reached | 0.005 | |||
No AKI | 22 (10%) | 0 (0%) | 22 (7%) | |
1 | 109 (55%) | 42 (45%) | 151 (48%) | |
2 | 59 (30%) | 36 (38%) | 95 (30%) | |
3 | 31 (16%) | 16 (17%) | 47 (15%) | |
Required RRT | 35 (16%) | 13 (14%) | 48 (15%) | 0.650 |
Received CRRT | 17 (8%) | 9 (10%) | 26 (8%) | 0.579 |
In-hospital mortality | 12 (5%) | 8 (8%) | 20 (6%) | 0.305 |
Overall mortality | 40 (18%) | 34 (36%) | 74 (24%) | 0.001 |