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Table 1 Characteristics of the study cohort on admission to the ICU stratified according to whether or not oliguria was present

From: The clinical relevance of oliguria in the critically ill patient: analysis of a large observational database

 

All patients n = 8292

Oliguria at admission

p value

No

n = 6242 (75.3%)

Yes

n = 2050 (24.7)

Urine output (ml/kg/h) median [IQR]

0.9 [0.5–1.4]

1.1 [0.8–1.6]

0.3 [0.1–0.4]

< 0.001

Age, years, mean ± SD

59.2 ± 18.2

58.1 ± 18.3

62.5 ± 17.4

< 0.001

Male, n (%)

4928 (60.0)

3724 (60.2)

1204 (59.4)

0.55

Severity scores, mean ± SD

 SAPS II score

40.8 ± 17.5

37.9 ± 15.1

49.8 ± 20.8

< 0.001

 SOFA score at admission

6.2 ± 4.2

5.7 ± 3.8

7.6 ± 5.0

< 0.001

 SOFA score at admission (without renal subscore)

5.3 ± 3.7

5.1 ± 3.5

5.8 ± 4.2

< 0.001

Type of admission, n (%)

 Surgical (non-trauma)

2939 (37.2)

2374 (39.9)

565 (29.2)

< 0.001

 Medical

4335 (54.9)

3063 (51.4)

1272 (65.7)

 

 Trauma

569 (7.2)

478 (8.0)

91 (4.7)

 

 Other

48 (.6)

40 (.7)

8 (.4)

 

Source of admission, n (%)

 Other hospital

825 (9.9)

625 (10.0)

200 (9.8)

< 0.01

 ER/ambulance

3151 (38.0)

2336 (37.4)

815 (39.8)

 

 OR/recovery room

1569 (18.9)

1304 (20.9)

265 (12.9)

 

 Hospital floor

2117 (25.5)

1529 (24.5)

588 (28.7)

 

 Other

630 (7.6)

448 (7.2)

182 (8.9)

 

Comorbidities, n (%)

 COPD

1012 (12.2)

737 (11.8)

275 (13.4)

0.06

 Cancer

891 (10.7)

684 (11.0)

207 (10.1)

0.29

 Metastatic cancer

288 (3.5)

205 (3.3)

83 (4.0)

0.11

 Hematologic cancer

178 (2.1)

126 (2.0)

52 (2.5)

0.16

 Insulin

682 (8.2)

496 (7.9)

186 (9.1)

0.12

 Heart failure, NYHA III/IV

648 (7.8)

445 (7.1)

203 (9.9)

< 0.001

 HIV infection

56 (.7)

33 (.5)

23 (1.1)

< 0.01

 Cirrhosis

283 (3.4)

188 (3.0)

95 (4.6)

< 0.001

 Immunosuppression

259 (3.1)

184 (2.9)

75 (3.7)

0.11

 Steroid therapy

273 (3.3)

208 (3.3)

65 (3.2)

0.78

 Chemotherapy

239 (2.9)

181 (2.9)

58 (2.8)

0.94

Organ support, n (%)

 Mechanical ventilation

4227 (51.0)

3184 (51.0)

1043 (50.9)

0.92

 Renal replacement therapy

321 (3.9)

97 (1.6)

224 (10.9)

< 0.001

 Vasopressor use

2429 (29.3)

1672 (26.8)

757 (36.9)

< 0.001

Type of organ failure, n (%) (alone or in combination)

 Respiratory

1867 (22.5)

1334 (21.4)

533 (26.0)

< 0.001

 Coagulation

530 (6.4)

345 (5.5)

185 (9.0)

< 0.001

 Hepatic

885 (10.7)

658 (10.5)

227 (11.1)

0.51

 CNS

1972 (23.8)

1435 (23.0)

537 (26.2)

< 0.01

 Renal

1341 (16.2)

524 (8.4)

817 (39.9)

< 0.001

 Cardiovascular

2296 (27.7)

1580 (25.3)

716 (34.9)

< 0.001

Number of organ failures, n (%)

 None

1771 (21.4)

1489 (23.9)

282 (13.8)

< 0.001

 1 organ

2344 (28.3)

1805 (28.9)

539 (26.3)

 

 2 organs

1693 (20.4)

1302 (20.9)

391 (19.1)

 

 3 organs

1231 (14.8)

883 (14.1)

348 (17.0)

 

 > 3 organs

1253 (15.1)

763 (12.2)

490 (23.9)

 

Sepsis, n (%)

1543 (18.6)

1041 (16.7)

502 (24.5)

< 0.001

ICU stay, median [IQR]

3.0 [2.0–6.0]

3.0 [2.0–6.0]

3.0 [1.0–7.0]

< 0.001

 In survivors

3.0 [1.0–6.0]

3.0 [1.0–6.0]

3.0 [0.0–7.0]

0.046

 In non-survivors

3.0 [0.0–8.0]

5.0 [1.0–10.0]

2.0 [0.0–6.0]

< 0.001

Hospital stay, median [IQR]

10.0 [5.0–20.0]

10.0 [6.0–20.0]

8.0 [2.0–18.0]

< 0.001

 In survivors

11.0 [2.0–21.0]

11.0 [2.0–21.0]

11.0 [1.0–22.0]

0.075

 In non-survivors

5.0 [0.0–14.0]

7.0 [1.0–15.0]

3.0 [0.0–10.0]

< 0.001

ICU mortality, n (%)

1234 (15.2)

700 (11.5)

534 (26.8)

< 0.001

Hospital mortality, n (%)

1649 (21.1)

983 (16.7)

666 (34.5)

< 0.001

  1. SD standard deviation, SAPS II Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, ER emergency room, OR operating room, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, NYHA New York Heart Association, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, CNS central nervous system, ICU intensive care unit, IQR interquartile range. Percentages are calculated after excluding missing data