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Table 2 Severity of disease scores, PACU and hospital length of stay, and mortality

From: Determinants of postoperative acute kidney injury

Variable

All patients

(n = 1166)

AKI

(n = 87)

Non AKI

(n = 1079)

P

SAPS II, median (IQR)

18 (12 to 25)

29 (20 to 45)

18 (12 to 24)

< 0.001

APACHE II, median (IQR)

8 (5 to 11)

12 (8 to 17)

7 (5 to 10)

< 0.001

PACU length of stay (hours), median (IQR)

25 (21 to 46)

38 (22 to 72)

25 (21 to 44)

< 0.001

Hospital length of stay (days), median (IQR)

13 (7 to 28)

16 (8 to 32)

13 (7 to 28)

0.793

Mortality in PACU, n (%)

23 (2.0)

17 (17.2)

8 (0.7)

< 0.001

Mortality in hospital, n (%)

50 (4.3)

23 (26.4)

27 (2.5)

< 0.001

Mortality at six months follow-up, n (%)

134 (11.5)

31 (35.6)

103 (9.5)

< 0.001

  1. AKI = acute kidney injury; APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; IQR = interquartile range; PACU = post anesthesia care unit; SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score.