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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Incidence, risk factors and prediction of post-operative acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis: an observational study

 

All patients (n = 202)

No post-operative AKI (n = 82)

Post-operative AKI (n = 120)

P-value

Age, years, median (IQR)

42 (28 to 59)

50 (37 to 66)

36 (27 to 51)

<0.001

Gender, male, n (%)

134 (66.3)

49 (59.8)

85 (70.8)

0.14

Comorbidities, n (%)

    

  COPD

9 (4.4)

2 (2.4)

7 (5.8)

0.42

  Diabetes mellitus

22 (10.9)

7 (8.5)

15 (12.5)

0.63

  Hypertension

60 (29.7)

22 (26.8)

38 (31.7)

0.56

  Heart failure

13 (6.4)

3 (3.7)

10 (8.3)

0.30

  CAD

11 (5.4)

3 (3.7)

8 (6.7)

0.54

  Autoimmune disease

8 (4.0)

4 (4.9)

4 (3.3)

0.85

  Liver disease

17 (8.4)

5 (6.1)

12 (10.0)

0.47

  Cancer

17 (8.4)

6 (7.3)

11 (9.2)

0.84

Pre-operative condition

    

  Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

16 (7.9)

2 (2.4)

14 (11.7)

0.03

  Cathecolamine use, n (%)

18 (8.9)

4 (4.9)

14 (11.7)

0.16

   Norepinephrine, (%)

9 (4.4)

1 (1.2)

8 (6.7)

0.13

   Epinephrine, n (%)

3 (1.5)

0 (0)

3 (2.5)

0.39

   Dobutamine, n (%)

9 (4.4)

4 (4.9)

5 (4.2)

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  % LVEF, median (IQR)

65 (60 to 70)

65 (60 to 70)

65 (58 to 70)

0.10

  Baseline serum creatinine, μmol/l, median (IQR)

83 (75 to 100)

78 (62 to 86)

90 (80 to 100)

<0.001

  Pre-operative serum creatinine, μmol/l, median (IQR)

100 (76 to 132)

77 (62 to 100)

116 (91 to 157)

<0.001

  Bilirubin, mg/ml, median (IQR)

13 (10 to 20)

12 (9 to 15)

14 (11 to 22)

0.02

  Platelet count, G/l, median (IQR)

249 (187 to 319)

261 (205 to 324)

244 (173 to 307)

0.06

  CRP, median (IQR)

51 (11 to 87)

46 (17 to 106)

67 (30 to 159)

0.10

  Hemoglobin, g/dl, median (IQR)

10.8 (9.5 to 11.9)

11 .3 (10.3 to 12.3)

10.3 (9.1 to 11.4)

<0.001

Pre-operative nephrotoxic agents, n (%)

    

  Contrast agent

94 (46.5)

36 (43.9)

58 (48.3)

0.63

  Vancomycin

36 (17.8)

6 (7.3)

30 (25.0)

0.002

  Aminoglycoside

119 (58.9)

45 (54.9)

74 (61.7)

0.41

Surgery

    

  Emergency surgery, n (%)

27 (13.4)

9 (11.0)

18 (15.0)

0.54

  CPB duration, minutes, median (IQR)

118 (85 to 163)

100 (76 to 142)

118 (95 to 1800

0.004

  Aortic clamping duration, minutes, median (IQR)

89 (65 to 121)

76 (59 to 100)

90 (74 to 132)

0.002

  Circulatory arrest, n (%)

5 (2.5)

2 (2.4)

3 (2.5)

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  1. AKI, acute kidney injury; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CAD, coronary artery disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; CRP, C reactive protein.