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. 2023 Apr 14;18(4):e0284248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284248

Table 4. Characteristics of acute kidney injury.

Global AKI No AKI p
(n = 1642) (n = 618, 40.1%) (n = 923, 59.9%)
Baseline creatinine 0.80(0.27) 0.90 (0.32) 0.76 (0.29) <0.001
Creatinine at admission 0.87 (0.43) 1.10 (0.64) 0.80 (0.27) <0.001
ICU admission creatinine 0.80 (0.46) 1.18 (0.71) 0.70 (0.27) <0.001
Creatinine at discharge 0.7 (0.47) 0.96 (1.08) 0.62 (0.28) <0.001
Use of nephrotoxics n (%) 711 (43.4) 312 (50.5) 382 (41.4) <0.001
AKI evolution
Transitory <72h n (%) 188 (31.1)
>72h to < 7d n (%) 209 (34.5)
>7d n (%) 208 (34.4)
RRT n (%) 172 (10.9) 172 (27.8)
RRT indication
Hypervolemia n (%) 85 (49.4)
Pulmonary edema n (%) 3 (1.7)
Anuric n (%) 109 (63.4)
Hyperkalemia n (%) 56 (32.6)
Uremic syndrome n (%) 52 (30.2)
Sepsis n (%) 32 (18.6)
Severity of AKI at RRT start
KDIGO I n (%) 4 (2.4)
KDIGO II n (%) 10 (6.1)
KDIGO III n (%) 151 (91.5)

AKI- Acute kidney injury

RRT- Renal replacement therapy

h-Hour. d-days.