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Table 4 Creatinine concentrations, fluid balance, renal replacement therapy, and mortality rates in patients with transient, prolonged, and permanent oliguria

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

 

Non-oliguric on admission

n = 6242

Oliguria during ICU stay, n = 1349

p value (across groups)

Transient

n = 390 (28.9%)

Prolonged

n = 141 (10.5%)

Permanent

n = 818 (60.6%)

SAPS II score, mean ± SD

37.9 ± 15.1

47.1 ± 16.7£

54.4 ± 17*

49.7 ± 18.8$,£

< 0.001

Creatinine, highest concentration (mg/dl), median [IQR]

0.9 [0.7–1.3]

1.2 [0.8–2.1]£

1.6 [1.1–3.4]*

1.5 [0.9–2.8]*

< 0.001

Daily fluid balancea, ml, median [IQR]

3.3 [−612–605.7]

49.9 [− 521–650]

105.0 [− 541.3–780.1]

308.9 [− 171.5–1123.7]*,$,£

< 0.001

RRT at admission, n (%)

97 (1.6)

22 (5.6)£

31 (22)*

121 (14.8)*

< 0.001

RRT during ICU stay, n (%)

407 (6.5)

48 (12.3)£

63 (44.7)*

273 (33.4)*,$,£

< 0.001

ICU mortality, n (%)

700 (11.5)

27 (7.1)£

15 (10.9)

232 (28.9)*,$,£

< 0.001

 In non RRT patients, n (%)

580 (10.2)

22 (6.6)

8 (10.7)

102 (19.1)*

< 0.001

 In RRT patients, n (%)

120 (29.9)

5 (10.9)£

7 (11.3)£

130 (48.3)*,$,£

< 0.001

End-of-life decision, n (%)

728 (11.7)

47 (12.1)

12 (8.5)

163 (19.9)*,$,£

< 0.001

 In non RRT patients, n (%)

650 (11.1)

43 (12.6)

8 (10.3)

86 (15.8)£

0.012

 In RRT patients, n (%)

78 (19.2)

4 (8.3)

4 (6.3)

77 (28.2)*,$,£

< 0.001

Hospital mortality, n (%)

983 (16.7)

53 (14.7)

33 (24.8)*

296 (37.7)*,$,£

< 0.001

  1. Pairwise p values: *vs transient; $vs prolonged; £vs non-oliguric on admission. aTotal fluid balance divided by the length of ICU stay. IQR interquartile range, RRT renal replacement therapy, ICU intensive care unit. Percentages are calculated after excluding missing data