Table 1 Patient demographics
From: The lower limit of intensity to control uremia during continuous renal replacement therapy
Average intensity, mL/kg/h | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<10 (n =64) | 10 to 15 (n =138) | 15 to 20 (n =68) | >20 (n =46) | P -value | |
Age, years | 67 (53, 76) | 69 (60, 76) | 71 (58, 79) | 71 (60, 77) | 0.31 |
Gender, male | 47 (73.4%) | 93 (67.4%) | 45 (66.2%) | 22 (47.8%) | 0.04 |
Weight, kg | 68 (60, 79) | 60 (52, 70) | 54 (50, 61) | 50 (42, 60) | <0.0001 |
SAPS II score | 49 (37, 65) | 52 (39, 64) | 52 (39, 68) | 63 (50, 79) | 0.02 |
Premorbid creatinine, μmol/L | 95 (70, 137) | 93 (68, 177) | 88 (68, 157) | 74 (55, 105) | 0.17 |
Postoperative admission | 17 (26.6%) | 48 (34.8%) | 29 (42.7%) | 5 (10.9%) | 0.002 |
Diagnostic grouping | |||||
Cardiovascular | 33 (51.6%) | 65 (47.1%) | 26 (38.2%) | 9 (19.6%) | 0.003 |
Gastrointestinal | 12 (18.8%) | 34 (24.6%) | 15 (22.1%) | 12 (26.1%) | 0.77 |
Sepsis | 7 (10.9%) | 13 (9.4%) | 11 (16.2%) | 3 (6.5%) | 0.36 |
Respiratory | 8 (12.5%) | 18 (13.0%) | 11 (16.2%) | 8 (17.4%) | 0.83 |
Others | 18 (28.1%) | 32 (23.2%) | 21 (30.9%) | 20 (43.5%) | 0.28 |
Contributing factors to AKI | |||||
Septic shock | 22 (34.4%) | 66 (47.8%) | 37 (54.4%) | 26 (56.5%) | 0.07 |
Major surgery | 20 (31.3%) | 35 (25.4%) | 17 (25.0%) | 3 (6.5%) | 0.02 |
Cardiogenic shock | 28 (43.8%) | 40 (29.0%) | 10 (14.7%) | 7 (15.2%) | 0.0005 |
Hypovolemia | 11 (17.2%) | 26 (18.8%) | 20 (29.4%) | 14 (30.4%) | 0.13 |
Drugs | 1 (1.6%) | 7 (5.1%) | 6 (8.8%) | 5 (10.9%) | 0.15 |
Others | 10 (15.6%) | 15 (10.9%) | 11 (16.2%) | 13 (28.3%) | 0.09 |