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Table 1 Patient characteristics and outcomes

From: Determinants of postoperative acute kidney injury

Variable

All patients

(n = 1166)

AKI

(n = 87)

Non AKI

n = 1079

P

Age in years, median (IQR)

64 (53 to 73)

68 (57 to 76)

64 (53 to 73)

0.002

Age group, n (%)

   

0.003

   ≥65 years

581 (50)

56 (64)

525 (49)

 

   < 65 years

585 (50)

31 (36)

554 (51)

 

Sex, n (%)

   

0.470

   Male

761 (65)

56 (64)

705 (65)

 

   Female

405 (35)

31 (36)

374 (35)

 

ASA physical status

   

< 0.001

   I/II/III

1094 (94)

68 (78)

1026 (95)

 

   IV/V

72 (6)

19 (22)

53 (5)

 

Body mass index in Kg/m2, median (IQR)

25 (22 to 28)

24 (22 to 27)

25 (22 to 28)

0.020

General anesthesia, n. (%)

940 (81)

72 (85)

868 (80)

0.004

Duration of anesthesia (min.) median (IQR)

210 (150 to 300)

200 (125 to 300)

210 (150 to 300)

0.772

Temperature at admission on PACU, mean ± sd

35.23 ± 1.31

35.04 ± 1.70

35.25 ± 1.27

0.251

Troponin I at admission, mean ± sd

0.07 ± 0.32

0.18 ± 0.52

0.06 ± 0.29

0.011

Hypertension, n (%)

565 (49)

40 (46)

525 (49)

0.356

Hyperlipidemia, n (%)

338 (29)

24 (28)

314 (29)

0.438

Emergency surgery

231 (20)

29 (33)

202 (19)

0.001

High-risk surgery, n (%)

528 (45)

63 (72)

465 (43)

< 0.001

Ischemic heart disease, n (%)

279 (24)

33 (38)

246 (23)

0.001

Congestive heart disease, n (%)

233 (20)

40 (46)

193 (18)

< 0.001

Cerebrovascular disease, n (%)

170 (15)

12 (11)

158 (15)

0.490

Insulin therapy for diabetes, n (%)

104 (9)

9 (10)

95 (9)

0.370

Total RCRI

   

< 0.001

   ≤2

437 (38)

54 (62)

833 (77)

 

   > 2

729 (63)

33 (28)

246 (23)

 

Intraoperative fluid volume

    

   Chrystaloids (L) (IQR)

2.6 ± 1.8 (1.2 to 3.5)

3.0 ± 2.3 (1.5 to 3.6)

2.6 ± 1.7 (1.2 to 3.4)

0.021

   Colloids (L) (IQR)

0.2 ± 0.4 (0 to 0.5)

0.3 ± 0.5 (0 to 0.5)

0.2 ± 0.4 (0 to 0.5)

0.014

   Erythrocytes (Units) (IQR)

0.7 ± 1.6 (0 to 1)

1.2 ± 2.6 (0 to 2)

0.7 ± 1.5 (0 to 1)

0.003

   Fresh frozen plasma (Units) (IQR)

0.3 ± 1.0 (0 to 0)

0.6 ± 1.5 (0 to 0)

0.2 ± 1.0 (0 to 0)

0.004

  1. AKI = acute kidney injury; ASA = American Society of anesthesiologists, IQR = interquartile range; PACU = post anesthesia care unit; RCRI = Revised Cardiac Risk Index; SD = standard deviation.