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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: In vivo validation of the adequacy calculator for continuous renal replacement therapies

Parameter

Value (mean ± SD; range)

Total no. of patients

30

Age (years)

58 ± 12

Weight (kg)

73.7 ± 15.7 (35–105)

SAPS II score

38 ± 12

No. of evaluated treatments

106

Examined treatment days

3.5 ± 1.1

Prescribed spKt/V

1.4

Diagnosis

 

   Sepsis/septic shock

8

   Bowel perforation

3

   Aortic aneurysm repair

3

   Pneumonia

5

   Hemorrhagic shock

2

   Pancreatitis

1

   Multiple trauma

5

   Cardiogenic shock

3

Urine output at RRT start (ml per 24 h)

150 ± 70

Urea levels at RRT start (mg dl-1)

124 ± 55

Urea levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1)

98 ± 50

Urea levels at RRT withold

68 ± 53

Creatinine levels at RRT start (mg dl-1)

2.9 ± 0.9

Creatinine levels after 24 h from RRT start (mg dl-1)

2.4 ± 1.25

Creatinine levels at RRT withold

1.8 ± 0.6

No. of patients receiving heparin < 500 U h-1

12

No. of patients receiving heparin > 500 U h-1

11

No. of patients receiving no anticoagulation

7

  1. RRT, renal replacement therapy; SAPS II, Systems Approach Problem Solver II.