Table 2 Daily mean fluid intake/output and balance in survivors and non-survivors according to the use of diuretics or renal replacement therapy (RRT)
From: A positive fluid balance is an independent prognostic factor in patients with sepsis
Spontaneous diuresis | Use of diuretics | RRTa | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survivors | Non-survivors | p value | Survivors | Non-survivors | p value | Survivors | Non-survivors | p value | |
(n = 63) | (n = 12) | (n = 33) | (n = 24) | (n = 18) | (n = 23) | ||||
Mean daily volume (ml/kg) | |||||||||
Intake | 48 ± 3 | 55 ± 6 | 0.31 | 42 + -3 | 56 ± 4 | 0.006 | 55 ± 8 | 64 ± 6 | 0.41 |
Output | 35 ± 2 | 29 ± 5 | 0.31 | 33 ± 2 | 27 ± 3 | 0.13 | 40 ± 5 | 32 ± 4 | 0.25 |
Fluid balance | 13 ± 2 | 26 ± 6 | 0.03 | 9 ± 3 | 28 ± 4 | <0.001 | 16 ± 5 | 32 ± 6 | 0.049 |