Mass transfer, clearance and plasma concentration of procalcitonin during continuous venovenous hemofiltration in patients with septic shock and acute oliguric renal failure

Table 1 Characteristics of the 13 patients

Clinical data	Biological data at T0
Age (years), 61.5 ± 9	Procalcitonin (ng/ml), 114 ± 66
Sex, 9 male/4 female	C-reactive protein (mg/l), 198 ± 91
SAPS II score, 56 ± 21	Creatinin (μg/l), 452 ± 158
Organ failure (n), 4.6 ± 1	Potassium (mmol/l), 4.9 ± 1.1
Mean arterial pressure (mmHg), 71 ± 14	Bicarbonate (mmol/l), 18 ± 3
Norepinephrine (γ/kg per min), 1 ± 04	Lactate (mmol/l), 8.2 ± 5.9
Dobutamine (γ/kg per min), 12.5 ± 4	Leucocytes (count/ml), 15,700 ± 8400
Cardiac index (l/min per m²), 5 ± 1.9	Hematocrit (%), 29 ± 7
Systemic vascular resistance (dyn/s per cm⁵), 630 ± 210	Fibrinogen (g/l), 6.2 ± 2
Delay to CVVH (days), 2.5 ± 1.8	Albumin (g/l), 21 ± 9

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation. T0, beginning of continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH); SAPS, Simplified Acute Physiology Score.