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Table 1 Characteristics of studies included in the systematic review and meta-analysis

From: The prognostic importance of duration of AKI: a systematic review and meta-analysis

First Author

Year

Single vs. Multi

Center

Type of Study

Clinical Setting

N

Years of Follow Up

Age Range

Percent

Male

Length of Hospital Stay in Daysa

AKI definition severity

Duration of AKI

Study Quality

Different covariates adjusted for

Mean

Max

Short, medium or long

Transient or Persistent

Brown

2010

Single

R

Cardiac surgery

4987

2.6

5

64–72

29–33

6–24.

AKIN

 

Fair

age, sex, prior CABG, COPD, emergency surgery, ejection fraction and baseline eGFR

Coca [7]

2010

Multi

R

Non cardiac

35,302

3.8

9

66–88

96–98

6

AKIN

 

Good

age, sex, race, chronic insulin use, operative time, ASA class 4/5, emergency surgery, baseline GFR, smoking status,weight loss > 10% last 6 months, chronic alcohol intake, COPD, pre-op albumin, hematocrit,WBC, and hemoglobin A1C

Choi [11]

2010

Multi

R

General Hospital

17,325

5.7

20

44–47

98

NM

AKIN

 

Fair

Age, sex, race, baseline GFR, albuminuria, viral load, cd4, htn, dm, lung ds, smoking, cancer, ICU admission

Goldberg [19]

2009

Single

R

Post MI

1957

1.5

5

59–70

76

NM

AKIN

 

Fair

age, gender, estimated GFR (MDRD), previous diuretic therapy, HTN,DM, smoking, previou MI, heart rate and blood pressure on admission, use of reperfusion therapy ACE/ARB and beta-blockers), and left ventricular EF.,

Han [12]

2013

Single

R

ICU

2143

0.4

0.5

68

52–68

13–29

KDIGO

 

Fair

Age, sex, Apache, primary diagnosis, underlying CKD, history of malignancy, the need for mechanical ventilation, the use of vasoactive drugs, and AKI stages

Loef [26]

2004

Single

R

Cardiac surgery

843

 

8.3

62–64

73

1–5

AKI/

No AKI

  

Fair

Age, PVD,Operation time, pre op renal function by cockroft-gault formula,post op renal function deterioration

TRIBE-AKI [21]

2016

Multi

P

Cardiac surgery

1199

3

 

71–73

66–76

7–32

AKIN

 

Good

Age, sex, race, elective surgery, preop GFR, DM, HTN, CHF, MI,surgery type and center

Wu [14]

2015

Single

R

Intensive

318

8

 

65.6

71

31

KDIGO

 

Good

age, gender, need for a ventilator, emergent operation and baseline renal function; severity of sepsis, the use of vasoactive drugs and diuretics, surgery category; APACHE II, MODS, SOFA scores and peak KDIGO stage.

Yoo [13]

2014

Single

P

General Hospital

123

0.65

3.4

64.8

61

39

AKIN

 

Good

Age, sex, charlson comorbity index, recovery

Pannu [20]

2013

Multi

R

General Hospital

190,714

2.8

6

63–66

47–53

NM

KDIGO

 

Good

age, sex, MI, PVD,CVA,CHF,DM, nondermatologic malignancy, baseline estimatedGFR,requirement for acute dialysis, primary diagnostic code for hospitalization, CIHI resource intensity weight.

Liano [19]

2006

Single

R

General Hospital

413

7.2

22

57.8

66

54

ATN/

No ATN

 

Poor

Age, sex, type of admission, ATN etiology, need for RRT, ARF functional severity, ICU admission,incidence of comorbity factors

Uchino [27]

2010

Single

R

General Hospital

20,126

 

2

65–78

49–56

NM

RIFLE

 

Fair

Age, sex, emergency admission, ICU admission,mech ventilation,baseline Cr in mg/dl,operation time

Wamock [28]

2015

Single

R

General Hospital

50,580

28

 

55

55–63

4–8

AKI/

No AKI

 

Fair

Age, race, sex, charlson comorbid index, admission source, egfr < 60

Gammelager [10]

2014

Multi

R

ICU

21,550

2.7

3

57–68

53–61

8–23

KDIGO

 

Fair

age, gender, other ischemic heart diseases, CVA,HTN, PVD, CKD cancer, surgical status, primary diagnosis during current hospitalization, and preadmission use of drugs

Welton [29]

2007

Single

R

Cardiac surgery

1324

6

10

66

80

NM

AKI/

No AKI

 

Good

Age, sex, HTN, DM, smoking,Hl, COPD, BMI,Prior MI and coronary revascularization,angina, CHF, baseline Cr Clearance, medications, and short term complications.

Heung [9]

2015

Single

R

General Hospital

104,764

 

13

61.8

95

7

KDIGO

 

Good

Age, race, sex, preadmission,DM, HTN,Dx of sepsis, need for mechanical ventilation during index hospitalization, length of stay,charlson comorbity score and baseline GFR.

Sood [30]

2014

multi

R

ICU

5443

0

0

55–70

57

NM

RIFLE

 

Good

Demographics, illness severity, co-morbidity,and treatment

Perinel [31]

2015

multi

R

ICU

447

0

0

45–75

63.3

NM

AKIN

 

Good

Age, type of AKI, use of vasopressors, illness severity

  1. R Retrospective, P Prospective, AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network, HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, NM Not Mentioned, ICU- Intensive Care Unit, KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, ATN Acute Tubular Necrosis, RIFLE Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease classification, AMI Acute myocardial infarction, DM Diabetes Mellitus, HTN Hypertension, PVD Peripheral vascular Disease, CHF Congestive heart failure, MI Myocardial infarction, BMI Body mass index, CVA Cerebrovascular accident, Dx Diagnosis, Cr Creatinine
  2. aMedian days of length of hospitalization as reported by authors