Table 1

Characteristics of patients

Parameter
Value (mean ± SD; range)

Total no. of patients
30
Age (years)
58 ± 12
Weight (kg)
73.7 ± 15.7 (35–105)
SAPS II score
38 ± 12
No. of evaluated treatments
106
Examined treatment days
3.5 ± 1.1
Prescribed spKt/V
1.4
Diagnosis

     Sepsis/septic shock
8
     Bowel perforation
3
     Aortic aneurysm repair
3
     Pneumonia
5
     Hemorrhagic shock
2
     Pancreatitis
1
     Multiple trauma
5
     Cardiogenic shock
3
Urine output at RRT start (ml per 24 h)
150 ± 70
Urea levels at RRT start (mg dl-1)
124 ± 55
Urea levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1)
98 ± 50
Urea levels at RRT withold
68 ± 53
Creatinine levels at RRT start (mg dl-1)
2.9 ± 0.9
Creatinine levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1)
2.4 ± 1.25
Creatinine levels at RRT withold
1.8 ± 0.6
No. of patients receiving heparin < 500 U h-1
12
No. of patients receiving heparin > 500 U h-1
11
No. of patients receiving no anticoagulation
7

RRT, renal replacement therapy; SAPS II, Systems Approach Problem Solver II.

Ricci et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R266   doi:10.1186/cc3517