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Table 2 Summary of acute physiology and laboratory parameters by sepsis and AKI

From: Early acute kidney injury and sepsis: a multicentre evaluation

 

None (n = 57,392)

Sepsis, no AKI (n = 19,336)

Nonseptic AKI (n = 29,356)

Septic AKI (n = 14,039)

P

APACHE II score (mean [SD])

14.4 (6.4)

15.4 (7.0)

20.0 (7.9)

22.3 (8.1)

<0.0001

GCS score (median [IQR])

15 (14–15)

15 (13–15)

15 (13–15)

15 (12–15)

0.001

Mean arterial pressure (mmHg; mean [SD])

84.3 (26.9)

86.5 (27.7)

81.3 (28.2)

77.5 (28.3)

<0.0001

Heart rate (beats/minute; mean [SD])

91 (31)

96 (32)

96 (33)

104 (35)

<0.0001

Respiratory rate (breaths/minute; mean [SD])

18 (10)

20 (11)

20 (10)

23 (11)

<0.0001

PaO2/FiO2 ratio (mean [SD])

287 (154)

262 (145)

260 (153)

230 (140)

<0.0001

PaCO2 (mmHg; mean [SD])

42.7 (12.4)

42.5 (13.1)

43.2 (14.5)

42.0 (14.5)

<0.0001

Temperature (°C; mean [SD])

36.7 (1.5)

36.8 (1.6)

36.6 (1.6)

36.9 (1.7)

<0.0001

Mechanical ventilation (%)

53.3

49.5

52.6

49.2

<0.0001

pH (mean [SD])

7.35 (0.1)

7.35 (0.1)

7.30 (0.1)

7.29 (0.1)

<0.0001

Bilirubin (mmol/l; median [IQR])

12 (6–18)

12 (6–18)

13 (6–19)

14 (7–21)

0.0001

Albumin (g/l; mean [SD])

28.2 (7.4)

27.8 (7.6)

26.2 (7.6)

25.1 (7.4)

<0.0001

Haematocrit (%; median [IQR])

0.33 (0.28–0.39)

0.34 (0.28–0.39)

0.31 (0.27–0.39)

0.32 (0.27–0.38)

0.0001

White cell count (× 109 cells/ml; mean [SD])

13.4 (9.7)

14.2 (13.8)

15.0 (11.5)

16.8 (14.7)

<0.0001

Potassium (mmol/l; mean [SD])

4.2 (0.7)

4.1 (0.7)

4.5 (1.0)

4.4 (1.0)

<0.0001

Creatinine (μmol/l; median [IQR])

76 (60–90)

73 (57–90)

141 (113–200)

165 (124–254)

0.0001

Urea (mmol/l; median [IQR])

5.3 (4–7)

5.6 (4–7.8)

10.4 (7.3–16.1)

13.2 (8.9–19.8)

0.0001

Urine output (l/24 hours; median [IQR])

2.12 (1.54–2.97)

2.05 (1.50–2.98)

1.40 (0.68–2.28)

1.39 (0.66–2.30)

0.0001

  1. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; IQR, interquartile range; PaCO2, arterial oxygen tension; PaO2, arterial oxygen tension; SD, standard deviation.