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Table 2 Clinical and demographic characteristics of the cohort comparing sepsis patients without vs with shock

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

 

Sepsis without shock (n = 42)

Sepsis with shock (n = 65)

p value

Gender male (%)

50

60

0.31

Age (years,mean/sd)

57.6(15.6)

62.9(14.3)

0.16

Reason for admission (%):

  

0.02

Respiratory

47.6

35.4

 

Abdominal

14.3

41.5

 

Urinary

14.3

1.5

 

Endocarditis

2.4

6.2

 

Neurological

4.8

1.5

 

Catheter

4.8

3.1

 

Other

11.9

10.8

 

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

16.7

4.6

0.04

APACHE II score on the first day of admission

21(9)

23(9)

0.22

AKI (transient or intrinsic) (%)

25(59.5)

54(83.1)

0.007

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

2.06(2.21)

3.8(2.58)

<0.001

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

9.5

16.9

0.28

RRT need during ICU stay (%)

0

21.5

0.001

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

N/A

0.17(0.16)

N/A

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

N/A

0.44(0.41)

N/A

Need for ventilation during ICU stay (%)

39.3

73.8

<0.001

LOS in the ICU (days)

4(6)

7(16)

0.03

ICU mortality (%)

14.3

32.3

0.04

Mortality at 90 days (%)

19.0

41.5

0.02