Table 4

Characteristics of ICU survivors and non-survivors (univariate analysis).

Characteristics

ICU

Survivors

(n = 18,298)

ICU

Non-survivors

(n = 4005)

Odds ratio

(95% CI)

p


n

%

N

%


Male gender

11,265

61.6

2441

60.9

0.97 (0.91 to 1.05)

0.48

Mean age in years (95% CI)

60.3 (60.1 to 60.6)

63.5 (63.0 to 63.95)

< 0.0001

Median APACHE II score at admission to ICU (range)

13 (0 to 49)

21 (0 to 52)

< 0.0001

Median SOFA score on admission to ICU (range)

5 (0 to 20)

8 (0 to 22)

< 0.0001

Degree of maximum renal dysfunction

No AKI

12,857

70.3

1,548

38.7

0.55 (0.53 to 0.57)

< 0.0001

AKI I

3403

18.6

856

21.4

1.15 (1.08 to 1.23)

< 0.0001

AKI II

635

3.5

222

5.5

1.60 (1.38 to 1.85)

< 0.0001

AKI III

1403

7.7

1379

34.4

4.49 (4.20 to 4.80)

< 0.0001

Type of admission

Non-surgical

9236

50.5

2873

71.7

2.49 (2.31 to 2.68)

< 0.0001

Elective surgery

6328

34.6

477

11.9

0.26 (0.23 to 0.28)

< 0.0001

Emergency surgery

2734

14.9

655

16.4

1.11 (1.01 to 1.22)

0.026

Source of admission

Operating room

8561

46.8

1072

26.8

Emergency room

3413

18.7

750

18.7

Ward (including HDU)

3845

21.0

1574

39.3

Hospital transfers

1894

10.4

531

13.3

Recovery room

543

3.0

62

1.5

Other

42

0.2

16

0.4

Chronic end-stage diseases

Present

3225

17.6

1,148

28.7

1.88 (1.74 to 2.03)

< 0.0001

Haemoglobin on admission to ICU

Haemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dl

15,846

86.6

3238

80.8

Haemoglobin < 9 g/dl

2452

13.4

767

19.2

1.53 (1.40 to 1.67)

< 0.0001

Cardiac surgery *

Admission post cardiac surgery

2507

13.7

244

6.1

0.41 (0.36 to 0.47)

< 0.0001

Mechanical ventilation

Ventilated

11,274

61.6

3658

91.3

6.57 (5.86 to 7.36)

< 0.0001

Renal replacement therapy

RRT for AKI

848

4.6

999

24.9

5.38 (4.94 to 5.86)

< 0.0001

Number of failed organs on day of admission to ICU

0 failed organ

9210

50.3

704

17.6

0.21 (0.19 to 0.23)

< 0.0001

1 failed organ

6561

35.9

1455

36.3

1.02 (0.95 to 1.10)

0.58

2 failed organs

2068

11.3

1164

29.1

3.22 (2.96 to 3.49)

< 0.0001

≥ 3 failed organs

459

2.5

682

17.0

7.98 (7.05 to 9.03)

< 0.0001

Maximum number of associated organ failures during entire ICU stay (including AKI)

0 failed organ

5653

30.9

96

2.4

0.05 (0.04 to 0.07)

< 0.0001

1 failed organ

6110

33.4

459

11.5

0.26 (0.23 to 0.29)

< 0.0001

2 failed organs

4053

22.1

993

24.8

1.16 (1.07 to 1.26)

0.0003

3 failed organs

1933

10.6

1350

33.7

4.31 (3.97 to 4.67)

< 0.0001

> 3 failed organs

549

3.0

1107

27.6

12.35 (11.07 to 13.78)

< 0.0001


* coronary artery bypass surgery and/or valve surgery.

AKI = acute kidney injury; APACHE = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CI = confidence interval; HDU = high dependency unit; ICU = intensive care unit; RRT = renal replacement therapy; SOFA score = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score.

Ostermann et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R144   doi:10.1186/cc7123

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