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Table 1 Total population characteristics and univariable analyses of factors predictive of amikacin Cmax < 60 mg/L

From: Predictors of insufficient peak amikacin concentration in critically ill patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Characteristic

Total population (n = 106)

Cmax < 60 mg/L (n = 41)

Cmax ≥ 60 mg/L (n = 65)

p

At ICU admission

 Age, years

55 (44–62)a

54 (39–64)

57 (48–60)

0.61

 Male

77 (73)

28 (68)

49 (75)

0.42

 SAPS II

68 (47; 81)

70 (46; 81)

68 (47; 81)

0.66

 BMI, kg/m2

26 (23; 31)

25 (22; 29)

26 (24; 33)

0.03

At inclusion

 SOFA score

15 (12; 18)

16 (13; 18)

14 (11; 18)

0.12

 Weight, kg

80 (71; 97)

79 (65; 91)

80 (73; 98)

0.24

 Height, m

1.72 (1.65–1.78)

1.70 (1.65–1.75)

1.75 (1.68–1.78)

0.18

 ICU admission-to-ECMO interval, days

1 (0; 7)

1 (0; 5)

1 (0; 8)

0.52

 ICU admission-to-Cmax interval, days

9 (5; 15)

8 (3; 15)

9 (6; 15)

0.46

 ECMO-to-Cmax interval, days

6 (3; 11)

7 (1; 12)

6 (3; 9)

0.99

 Inotrope score, μg/kg/min

30 (5; 131)

68 (10; 150)

21 (5; 105)

0.12

Reason for ECMO

   

0.68

 Cardiogenic shock

49 (46)

17 (41)

32 (49)

 

 Post-cardiac transplant

9 (8)

3 (7)

6 (9)

 

 Cardiac arrest

7 (7)

2 (5)

5 (8)

 

 Post-cardiotomy

6 (6)

2 (5)

4 (6)

 

 Severe ARDS

35 (33)

17 (41)

18 (28)

 

VA-ECMO

72 (68)

25 (61)

47 (72)

0.22

ECMO flow, L/min

4.0 (3.0; 5.0)

4.2 (3.2; 5.4)

3.7 (2.9; 4.6)

0.13

Weight-indexed ECMO flow, L/min/kg

0.49 (0.37–0.58)

0.53 (0.42–0.64)

0.46 (0.36–0.55)

0.013

ECMO-membrane duration, days

5 (2; 8)

4 (1; 8)

5 (3; 8)

0.16

Laboratory finding

 Aspartate aminotransferase, mmol/L

79 (41; 267)

99 (44; 747)

71 (39; 188)

0.08

 Alanine aminotransferase, mmol/L

56 (27; 157)

69 (41; 377)

53 (25; 126)

0.08

 Bilirubin, mmol/L

27 (16; 67)

23 (17; 66)

30 (15; 67)

0.92

 Prothrombin time, %

65 (51; 77)

62 (43; 76)

66 (54; 78)

0.16

 V factor, %

75 (47; 112)

59 (29; 107)

83 (57; 123)

0.08

 Proteinemia, g/L

53 (43; 58)

49 (44; 55)

55 (48; 59)

0.02

 Albuminemia, g/L

21 (19; 25)

22 (19; 25)

21 (19; 25)

0.86

 Prealbuminemia, g/L

0.13 (0.09; 0.19)

0.13 (0.11; 0.19)

0.13 (0.09; 0.19)

0.65

 Hematocrit, %

25 (23; 27)

24 (22; 27)

25 (23; 29)

0.09

 Lactates, mmol/L

1.8 (1.2; 4.0)

1.9 (1.1; 6.3)

1.8 (1.3; 3.8)

0.89

Hemodilution parameter

 24-h fluid balance, mL

225 (− 980; 1607)

1000 (200; 2045)

− 371 (− 1564; 1342)

< 0.001

 24-h protidemia delta, %

0 (− 5; 3.5)

0 (− 5.6; 1.8)

0 (− 3.9; 5.0)

0.37

 24-h hematocrit delta, %

0.0 (− 5.2; 3.5)

0.0 (− 5.6; 1.8)

0.0 (− 3.9; 5.0)

0.38

GFR, mL/min

2 (0; 69)

0 (0; 84)

6 (0; 61)

0.97

Renal function

   

0.42

 KDIGO-0

30 (28)

14 (34)

16 (25)

 

 KDIGO-1

11 (10)

2 (5)

9 (14)

 

 KDIGO-2

6 (6)

2 (5)

4 (6)

 

 KDIGO-3

59 (56)

23 (56)

36 (55)

 

 KDIGO ≥2

65 (61)

25 (61)

40 (62)

0.95

 Dialysis

9 (8)

1 (2)

8 (12)

0.07

 CRRT

45 (42)

22 (54)

23 (35)

0.06

Outcome

 ICU mortality

57 (54)

21 (51)

36 (55)

0.67

 Hospital mortality

58 (55)

21 (51)

37 (57)

0.57

 ECMO duration, days

18 (10; 26)

18 (8.5; 24.5)

18 (10; 27)

0.83

 Mechanical ventilation duration, days

22 (12; 41)

26 (17; 46)

20 (12; 38)

0.32

 RRT duration after Cmax, days

15 (5; 24)

15 (4; 26)

14 (5; 21)

0.64

 AKIb at ICU discharge in survivorsc

11 (23)

5/20 (12)

6/29 (9)

0.65

  1. AKI acute kidney injury, ARDS acute respiratory distress syndrome, BMI body mass index, Cmax peak serum concentration CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy, GFR glomerular filtration rate, ICU intensive care unit, KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes, SAPS Simplified Acute Physiology Score, SOFA Sequential Organ-Failure Assessment, VA-ECMO venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  2. aValues are expressed as median (1st; 3rd quartile) or number (percentage)
  3. bDefined as KDIGO ≥ 2
  4. cBased on 49 ICU survivors