Table 2 Survey responses for early initiation of dialysis in acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit
From: Timing of dialysis initiation in AKI in ICU: international survey
Questions | Qualifiers | Case A | Case B | Case C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consider initiating early dialysis | Likely | 91 (76%) | 107 (90) | 112 (94%) |
Unlikely | 28 (24%) | 12 (10%) | 7 (6%) | |
Urea level, number (percentage) | < 50 mg/dL | 1 (1) | 6 (5) | 13 (11) |
50-75 mg/dL | 19 (16) | 30 (25) | 46 (39) | |
76-100 mg/dL | 48 (40) | 46 (39) | 28 (24) | |
> 100 mg/dL | 51 (43) | 37 (31) | 32 (27) | |
Creatinine elevation | 2-3 times baseline | 15 (13) | 28 (24) | 37 (31) |
> 3 times baseline | 32 (27) | 27 (23) | 31 (26) | |
> 5.0 mg/dL | 72 (60) | 64 (54) | 51 (43) | |
Biochemical parametersa | Blood urea nitrogen | 3.9 (1.2) | 4.0 (1.1) | 4.1 (1.1) |
Creatinine | 3.8 (1.3) | 3.9 (1.2) | 3.9 (1.2) | |
Urine output | 2.7 (1.2) | 2.7 (1.1) | 2.7 (1.0) | |
Oxygen | 2.6 (1.2) | 2.1 (1.3) | 1.8 (1.3) | |
Potassium | 1.9 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.1) | 2.5 (1.0) |