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Baseline characteristics |
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| Variable |
No AKI |
Risk |
Injury |
Failure |
P |
|
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| n |
114 |
11 |
21 |
36 |
|
| Age (years)a |
54 ± 18.2 |
61.9 ± 20.9 |
61.6 ± 13.4 |
61.8 ± 16.3 |
NS |
| Sex (male) |
65 (57) |
10 (91) |
18 (85.7) |
27 (75) |
0.009 |
| Race (Caucasian) |
102 (89.5) |
10 (91) |
20 (95.2) |
30 (83.3) |
NS |
| Severe sepsisb |
77 (67.5) |
6 (54.5) |
12 (57.1) |
13 (36.1) |
0.012 |
| Septic shockb |
25 (21.9) |
4 (36.4) |
8 (38) |
23 (64) |
<0.0001 |
| CVD |
37 (32.4) |
3 (27.3) |
10 (47.6) |
14 (38.9) |
NS |
| CKD |
5 (43.9) |
1 (9) |
4 (19) |
8 (22.2) |
0.009 |
| SAPS II > 50 |
22 (19.3) |
6 (54.5) |
7 (33.3) |
9 (26.5) |
0.06 |
| Mortality |
11 (9.6) |
3 (27.3) |
6 (28.6) |
20 (55) |
<0.0001 |
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Figures in parentheses are percentages. AKI, acute kidney injury; CKD, chronic kidney disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and hypertension; NS, not significant; SAPS II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score, version II. The SAPS II was calculated on the basis of the worst variables recorded during the first 24 hours of ICU admission. aMeans ± SD; bsepsis was classified in accordance with American College of Chest Physicians and the Society of Critical Care Medicine consensus [2]. | |||||
Lopes et al. Critical Care 2007 11:411 doi:10.1186/cc5735 |
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