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Table 2 Incidence and duration of new kidney replacement therapy and urea levels

From: The impact of higher protein dosing on outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a post hoc analysis of the EFFORT protein trial

W

AKI patients

High protein

Usual protein

p values

(n = 312)

(n = 163)

(n = 149)

Duration of kidney replacement from randomization (among patients who received dialysis)*

Median [IQR]

(107) 6.0 [3.0–10.0]

(60) 5.0 [2.0–10.0]

(47) 6.0 [4.0–10.0]

0.21

New KRT after randomization

64 (20.5%)

34 (20.9%)

30 (20.1%)

0.87

Average Urea (all patients) (mmol/L)

18.7 ± 9.8

19.7 ± 9.8

17.6 ± 9.7

0.04

Average urea ≥ 30 mmol/L (all patients)

42 (13.5%)

26 (16.0%)

16 (10.9%)

0.18

  1. KRT, Kidney replacement therapy
  2. *The duration of KRT from randomization includes 64 incident and 43 prevalent cases of KRT