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Table 1 Description of the main clinical and demographic data

From: The impact of continuous renal replacement therapy on renal outcomes in dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury may be related to the baseline kidney function

Variables

(N = 1,493)

%

Gender (male) N (%)

970

65.0%

Age (years) mean (SD)

63

18

Race N (%)

 White

1381

92.5%

Comorbidities N (%)

 DM

541

36.2%

 AH

537

36.0%

 HD

528

35.4%

 COPD

153

10.2%

 Malignant solid tumor

200

13.4%

 Hematologic malignances and BMT

107

7.2%

 Cirrhosis/other liver diseases

100

6.7%

 Solid organ transplant

526

35.2%

 Liver

509

34.1%

 Heart

14

0.9%

 Lung

2

0.1%

 Multivisceral

1

0.1%

Type of patient N (%)

 Medical

1094

73.3%

 Surgical

399

26.7%

Reason for admission to ICU N (%)

 Infection

577

38.6%

 Cardiovascular disease

399

26.7%

 Pancreatitis

58

3.9%

 Bleeding

48

3.2%

 Intoxication

12

0.8%

 Surgical urgency

339

22.7%

 Elective surgery

19

1.3%

 Trauma

33

2.2%

 Major burn

8

0.5%

AKI etiology N (%)

 Sepsis

839

56.2%

 Low cardiac output

270

18.1%

RRT modality N (%)

 IHD

501

33.6%

 CVVHDF

992

66.4%

 Death N (%)

805

53.9%

 Baseline creatinine (mg/dl) median (IQR)

0.9

(0.7–1.5)

 eGFR–ml/min/1.73 m2 median (IQR)

84

(49–106)

 APACHE II median (IQR)

23

(18–30)

 ICU length of stay (days) - median (IQR)

12

(6–24)

 Hospital length of stay (days) - median (IQR)

30

(15–52)

  1. DM diabetes mellitus, AH arterial hypertension, HD heart diseases, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BMT bone marrow transplantation, ICU intensive care unit, RRT renal replacement therapy, IHD intermittent hemodialysis, CVVHDF continuous venovenoushemodiafiltration, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, APACHE Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range