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Table 2 Outcomes of early versus late RRT in patients with AKI after cardiac surgery

From: Early versus late initiation of renal replacement therapy impacts mortality in patients with acute kidney injury post cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis

Study

ICU LOS (days)

Hospital LOS (days)

Duration of RRT (days)

Mechanical ventilation time (days)

Early

Late

Early

Late

Early

Late

Early

Late

Bouman [23]

13 ± 1.0

13.5 ± 1.5

27.0

35.5

3.9

2.9

1.0

12.0

Combes [17]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Crescenzi [18]

2.6 ± 5.5

2.2 ± 3.4

8.6 ± 7.7

8.2 ± 5.5

NR

NR

NR

NR

Demirkilic [24]

7.9 ± 1.3

12.4 ± 3.4

15.4 ± 4.0

20.9 ± 2.0

4.3 ± 1.5

4.6 ± 1.3

1.0 ± 0.6

3.0 ± 2.1

Durmaz [25]

1.6 ± 0.9

3.6 ± 2.9

8.9 ± 2.6

11.7 ± 4.8

NR

NR

NR

NR

Elahi [26]

8.5 ± 2.1

12.5 ± 5.3

15.4 ± 4.8

20.9 ± 7.3

4.6 ± 2.0

4.6 ± 11.4

NR

NR

Fernandez [27]

15.3 ± 15.4

27.9 ± 24.4

25.4 ± 28.6

38.2 ± 33.2

7.9 ± 10.7

12.5 ± 17.5

7.1 ± 9.8

10.7 ± 18.6

Helmut [28]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Iyem [29]

1.9 ± 1.0

3.7 ± 0.7

11.1 ± 4.6

17.1 ± 5.6

NR

NR

0.8 ± 0.6

0.8 ± 0.5

Ji [30]

5.0 ± 2.0

8.0 ± 2.0

13.0 ± 4.0

18.0 ± 6.0

2.4 ± 0.8

4.1 ± 1.1

NR

NR

Kleinknecht [31]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Manche [32]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Sugahara [33]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Szu-Yuan Li [19]

8.0

17.0

10.0

29.0

4.0

12.0

NR

NR

Xiao-Mei Yang [20]

12.5

14.0

38.0 ± 48.5

31.5 ± 33.0

6.6 ± 6.4

7.6 ± 7.4

7.3

8.5

  1. Data are reported as mean ± standard deviation or median. Abbreviations: RRT renal replacement therapy, AKI acute kidney injury, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, NR not reported