Table 5 Clinical outcomes in critically ill patients admitted with acute kidney injury from the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database 1996–2005

Intensive care unit stay (days)

(median (interquartile range))

   Dead

3.4 (1.8–8.5)

3.0 (1.6–8.2)

3.2 (1.6–8.6)

3.1 (1.8–7.9)

3.5 (1.8–8.4)

4.3 (1.9–9.8)

   Alive

5.0 (2.7–10.0)

5.6 (2.9–11.8)

6.1 (2.8–11.7)

5.0 (2.6–10.1)

4.7 (2.4–9.0)

4.8 (2.8–9.5)

Hospital stay (days) (median (interquartile range))

   Dead

7.5 (2.9–17.7)

6.5 (2.5–15.7)

7.1 (2.9–16.5)

7.8 (3.0–18.8)

7.8 (2.9–19.7)

8.0 (3.2–18.6)

   Alive

19.8 (10.8–37.2)

21.9 (11.8–40.1)

20.5 (11.1–35.4)

19.7 (11.0–37.6)

18.7 (10.0–35.2)

18.8 (9.9–37.6)

Discharge location of survivors (%)

   Home

74.9

75.5

70.9

74.9

76.1

75.1

   Transfer to another acute care hospital

16.6

14.7

19.8

17.2

14.8

17.6

   Rehabilitation/long-term care facility

8.6

9.9

9.3

7.8

9.1

7.3