High-volume hemofiltration for septic acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Table 2 Baseline patient characteristics of included studies

Study	n	Randomized to HVHF: n(%)	Mean age (years)		Male gender: (n, %)		Mean sCr (μ M)		Mean APACHE II score		Mean SAPS II score
Study	n	Randomized to HVHF: n(%)	HVHF	Control	HVHF	Control	HVHF	Control	HVHF	Control	HVHF	Control
Boussekey (2008)[25]	19^a	9 (47)	68	72.5	7 (78)	8 (80)	205	191	31	33.5	68	67
Sanchez (2010)[27]	30	15 (50)	59 (13)		21 (70)		-	-	-	-	-	-
Zhang (2012)[28]	280	141 (50)	57	60	83 (59)	89 (64)	248	263	22	23	NR	NR
Joannes-Boyau (2013)[26]	137^b	66 (48)	68	70	68 (45)	54 (38)	227	210	NR	NR	68	64

sCr, serum creatinine.
^aNumber of patients included for analysis. Number randomized was 20.
^bNumber of patients included for analysis. Number randomized was 140.
NR, not reported. NB, For all studies, no statistically significant differences were found in baseline patient characteristics (as reported earlier) between HVHF and control groups.

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