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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Postoperative blood pressure deficit and acute kidney injury progression in vasopressor-dependent cardiovascular surgery patients

 

All patients

No KDIGO stage shift (AKI–)

≥1 KDIGO stage shift (AKI+)

P value

Number of patients

76

40

36

 

Age, years

71 (63-77)

69 (62-75)

74 (66-78)

0.057

Male sex

53 (70)

28 (70)

25 (69)

0.958

Weight, kg

61 (52-70)

64 (54-70)

59 (51-67)

0.318

Baseline creatinine, mg/dL

0.92 (0.76-1.13)

0.88 (0.72-1.05)

1.07 (0.84-1.39)

0.018

Antihypertensive drugs

61 (80)

31 (78)

30 (83)

0.523

Emergency surgery

4 (5)

1 (3)

3 (8)

0.255

Cardiac surgery

52 (68)

31 (78)

21 (58)

0.730

Surgery type

   

0.373

Cardiac surgery

    

  CABG

14 (18)

10 (25)

4 (11)

 

  Valve replacement

21 (28)

13 (33)

8 (22)

 

  TAA

8 (11)

3 (8)

5 (14)

 

  Mixed

7 (9)

4 (10)

3 (8)

 

  Other

2 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

 

Vascular surgery

    

  Open aortic repair

16 (21)

5 (13)

11 (31)

 

  Endovascular aortic repair

8 (11)

4 (10)

4 (11)

 

Duration of operation, hours

7.08 (6.00-8.68)

7.03 (5.66-8.91)

7.08 (6.00-8.65)

0.992

Intraoperative blood loss, mL

405 (203-841)

373 (143-675)

505 (263-949)

0.080

Intraoperative fluid balance, mL

2750 (2150-5260)

2675 (2146-4650)

2925 (2150-5595)

0.655

Mechanical ventilation

68 (90)

35 (88)

33 (92)

0.555

APACHE II score

16 (12-20)

15 (11-18)

17 (14-21)

0.046

SOFA score total

8 (6-9)

7 (5-9)

8 (7-9)

0.290

 Cardiovascular

3 (3-4)

3 (3-4)

3 (3-4)

0.847

 Respiratory

1 (1-2)

1 (1-2)

1.5 (1-2)

0.818

 Liver

0 (0-1)

0 (0-1)

0 (0-1)

0.554

 Renal

0 (0-1)

0 (0-1)

1 (0-1)

0.005

 Coagulation

2 (1-2)

2 (1-2)

2 (1-2)

0.527

 Central nerves

0 (0-0)

0 (0-0)

0 (0-0)

0.053

Lactate, mmol/L

1.7 (1.1-2.4)

1.6 (1.0-2.2)

1.8 (1.1-2.7)

0.250

Exposed to nephrotoxins in ICU

2 (3)

1 (3)

1 (3)

0.940

ICU length of stay, days

3.8 (2.8-5.8)

3.7 (2.8-5.5)

4.2 (2.8-5.8)

0.240

Hospital length of stay, days

30 (23-39)

31 (23-37)

29 (21-44)

0.750

Hospital mortality

3 (4)

2 (5)

1 (3)

0.619

  1. Quantitative parameters are reported as median (interquartile range; 25th–75th percentile). Qualitative parameters are expressed as number (%)
  2. AKI acute kidney injury, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, CABG coronary artery bypass graft, ICU intensive care unit, KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, TAA thoracic aorta aneurysm