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. 2023 Aug 14;8(11):2333–2344. doi: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.07.037

Table 4.

AKI related characteristics and outcomes

Variable DI-AKI (n = 271) Not DI-AKI (n = 43) P-value
Previous DI-AKI, n (%) 10 (3.7) 2 (4.8) 1
Start of drug exposure to AKI onset, days, median (IQR) 5 (8) 3 (3.5) 0.24
Baseline SCr, mg/dl, mean (SD) 0.91 (0.44) 0.98 (0.81) 0.60
Peak SCr, mg/dl, mean (SD) 4.5 (2.7) 3.7 (3.2) 0.12
Discharge SCr, mg/dl, mean (SD) 2.2 (1.5) 2.1 (1.4) 0.72
28-days SCr, mg/dl, mean (SD) 1.6 (1.6) 1.6 (1.0) 0.96
90-days SCr, mg/dl, mean (SD) 1.4 (2.0) 1.5 (0.9) 0.28
AKI stage 3 during hospitalization, n (%)a 194 (73.7) 21 (48.8) <0.01
AKD at hospital discharge, n (%)b 166 (61.3) 14 (32.6) <0.01
AKD at 28 days, n (%)b 74 (27.3) 11 (25.6) 1
AKD at 90 days, n (%)b 40 (14.8) 5 (11.6) 0.79
Biopsy, n (%) 33 (12.2) 0 (0) <0.01
Need for KRT during hospitalization, n (%) 70 (2.6) 11 (2.6) 1
Duration of hospital stay, days, median (IQR) 17 (23) 17 (21) 0.83
Inpatient mortality, n (%) 15 (5.5) 4 (9.3) 0.52

AKD, acute kidney disease; AKI, acute kidney injury; DI-AKI, drug-induced acute kidney injury; IQR, interquartile range; KRT, kidney replacement therapy; SCr, serum creatinine.

a

AKI Stage 3 was defined as 3 times baseline serum creatinine meeting the 2012 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria.

b

AKD was defined as 1.5 × baseline SCr.