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Table 2 Prevalence and/or incidence of hypophosphatemia

From: Treatment of hypophosphatemia in the intensive care unit: a review

Author [ref.]

Year

Population/disease

Number of patients

Definition of hypophosphatemia

Prevalence

Incidence

Surgical ICU patients

Goldstein et al. [15]

1985

Thoracic surgery

34

<0.80 mmol/L

-

56%

Ā Ā 

Cardiac surgery

40

<0.80 mmol/L

-

50%

Zazzo et al. [14]

1995

Surgical ICU

208

<0.80 mmol/L

-

28.8%

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā‰¤0.50 mmol/L

-

17.3%

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

ā‰¤0.20 mmol/L

-

2.4%

Buell et al. [26]

1998

Hepatic surgery

35

<0.80 mmol/L

-

67%

Cohen et al. [12]

2004

Cardiac surgery

566

<0.48 mmol/L

-

34.3%

Salem et al. [17]

2005

Hepatic surgery

20

<0.70 mmol/L

-

100%

Medical ICU patients

Daily et al. [18]

1990

Trauma patients

12

<0.80 mmol/L

-

75%

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<0.50 mmol/L

-

56%

Kruse et al. [27]

1992

General ICU patients

418

<0.80 mmol/L

-

28%

Marik et al. [28]

1996

Refeeding after >48 h starvation

62

<0.65 mmol/L

-

34%

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<0.32 mmol/L

-

6%

Berger et al. [19]

1997

Burn injuries

16

<0.80 mmol/L

-

100%

Ā Ā Ā Ā 

<0.30 mmol/L

-

50%

Barak et al. [7]

1998

Sepsis

99

<0.80 mmol/L

80%

-

Ā Ā 

Infection without sepsis

32

<0.80 mmol/L

65%

-

Ā Ā 

Sepsis, negative blood culture

37

<0.80 mmol/L

80%

-

Ā Ā 

Sepsis, postive blood culture

30

<0.80 mmol/L

80%

-

Polderman et al. [21]

2000

Head trauma

18

<0.60 mmol/L

61%

-

Milionis et al. [29]

2002

Severe heart failure

86

<0.77 mmol/L

13%

-

Dominguez-Roldan et al. [30]

2005

Brain-dead patients

50

<0.80 mmol/L

-

72%