Table 1 Characteristics of patients with AKI and ESRF
From: Renal failure in the intensive care unit: acute kidney injury compared to end-stage renal failure
Factor | Advanced AKI without RRT (n = 935) | AKI on RRT (n = 1,847) | ESRF (n = 797) | P (AKI on RRT versus ESRF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Male sex | 67.2% | 70.6% | 59.6% | 0.0002 |
Mean age ± SD (years) | 60.1 ± 15.7 | 63.1 ± 15.4 | 55.3 ± 16.4 | 0.062 |
SOFA score on admission to ICU (median [range]) | 7 (0 to 17) | 10 (1 to 22) | 8 (1 to 8) | 0.11 |
Organ failure on admission to ICUa (n; median [range]) | 1 (0 to 4) | 2 (0 to 6) | 0 (0 to 4) | <0.0001 |
Nonsurgical admission | 65.2% | 69% | 54.8% | <0.0001 |
Emergency surgery | 17.1% | 13.2% | 13.9% | 0.64 |
Maximum organ failures in ICUa (n; median [range]) | 1 (0 to 6) | 2 (0 to 6) | 0 (0 to 5) | <0.0001 |
Mechanical ventilation | 78% | 91.3% | 60.9% | <0.0001 |
Haemoglobin ≤ 9 g/dl on admission to ICU | 20.6% | 26.9% | 42.7% | <0.0001 |
Cardiac surgery | 10.2% | 12.8% | 11.4% | 0.935 |
ICU mortality | 40.6% | 54.1% | 20.8% | <0.0001 |
Hospital mortality | 50.5% | 61.6% | 34.5% | <0.0001 |
Length of stay in ICU (days; median [range]) | 7 (1 to 270) | 10 (1 to 219) | 2 (1 to 64) | <0.0001 |