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Table 1 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the cohort comparing no-AKI vs transient AKI vs intrinsic AKI

From: Influence of severity of illness on neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin performance as a marker of acute kidney injury: a prospective cohort study of patients with sepsis

 

no AKI (n = 28)

Transient AKI (n = 57)

Intrinsic AKI (n = 22)

p value

Gender male (%)

51.7

54.4

59.1

0.93

Age (years,mean/sd)

55.4(17.3)

62.6(13.2)

63.1(14.9)

0.08

Reason for admission (%):

   

0.11

Respiratory

46.4

38.6

36.4

 

Abdominal

21.4

33.3

36.4

 

Urinary

7.1

8.8

0

 

Endocarditis

3.6

7.0

0

 

Neurological

7.1

0

4.5

 

Catheter

10.7

1.8

0

 

Other

3.6

10.5

22.7

 

CKD on admission (eGFR according to MDRD <60 mL/min/1,73 m2) (%)

10.7

8.8

9.1

1

APACHE II score on the first day of admission

21(10)

22(8)

24.5(9)

0.08

Fluid balance first 24 hours (liter, mean/sd)

2.2(1.8)

3.1(1.9)

5.4(2.7)

<0.001

Use of diuretics on the first day of admission (%)

7.1

14

22.7

0.29

RRT need during ICU stay (%)

0

1.8

59.1

<0.001

Vasopressor use (%)

32.1

61.4

86.4

<0.001

Total dose of noradrenaline first 24 h in μg/kg/min (mean/sd)

0.05(0.11)

0.09(0.12)

0.20(0.22)

0.001

Maximum dose of noradrenaline during first 24 h in μg/kg/min (mean/sd)

0.12(0.23)

0.25(0.31)

0.54(0.55)

0.008

Need for ventilation during ICU stay (%)

39.3

50.9

86.4

0.002

LOS in the ICU (days)

5(6)

5(10)

38(32)

0.014

ICU mortality (%)

21.4

15.8

54.2

0.002

Mortality at 90 days (%)

28.6

24.6

59.1

0.012