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Table 1 Characteristics of patients at baseline

From: A comparison of different diagnostic criteria of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients

Characteristics

No-AKI

AKI by KDIGO

AKI missed by RIFLE

AKI missed by AKIN

Age, median (IQR)

62 (49–74)

67 (53–78)

64 (53–75)

61 (48–74)

Male gender, n (%)

942 (61.9)

970 (61.2)

72 (57.1)

252 (64.5)

Surgical admission, n (%)

951 (62.4)

729 (46)

70 (55.6)

223 (57)

APACHE II score, median (IQR)

12 (8–16)

17 (12–23)

15 (11–22)

15 (10–21)

SOFA score, median (IQR)

4 (2–7)

6 (3–10)

6 (3–9)

6 (4–10)

Sepsis, n (%)

264 (17.3)

653 (41.2)

38 (30.2)

126 (32.2)

Mechanical ventilation, n (%)

957 (62.8)

1,132 (71.5)

101 (80.2)

275 (70.3)

Vasopressors, n (%)

466 (30.6)

864 (54.5)

67 (53.2)

201 (51.4)

Hypertension, n (%)

535 (35.1)

687 (43.4)

45 (35.7)

167 (42.7)

Diabetes, n (%)

212 (13.9)

320 (20.2)

23 (18.3)

74 (18.9)

Chronic heart failure, n (%)

65 (4.3)

152 (9.6)

8 (6.3)

23 (5.9)

Chronic liver disease, n (%)

38 (2.5)

53 (3.3)

5 (4)

6 (1.5)

Chronic lung disease, n (%)

68 (4.65)

98 (6.2)

8 (6.3)

24 (6.1)

Chronic kidney diseases, n (%)

36 (2.4)

167 (10.5)

13 (10.3)

24 (6.1)

Baseline SCr

    

 2-3 mg/dL, n (%)

5 (0.3)

30 (1.9)

4 (3.2)

3 (0.8)

 3-4 mg/dL, n (%)

1 (0.1)

18 (1.1)

2 (1.6)

1 (0.3)

 > 4 mg/dL, n (%)

3 (0.2)

27 (1.7)

2 (1.6)

4 (1)

  1. AKI, acute kidney injury; AKIN, Acute Kidney Injury Network; APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; IQR, interquartile range; KDIGO, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of Kidney Function, and End-stage Kidney Disease; SCr, serum creatinine; SOFA, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.