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. 2024 Sep 30;21(13):2537–2543. doi: 10.7150/ijms.97774

Table 3.

Respiratory complications according to acute kidney injury.

All
(n = 123)
AKI
(n = 6)
Non-AKI
(n = 117)
p
Acute respiratory insufficiency 55 (44.7%) 3 (50.0%) 52 (44.4%) 1.000
Pleural effusion 24 (19.5%) 1 (16.7%) 23 (19.7%) 1.000
Atelectasis 12 (9.8%) 1 (16.7%) 11 (9.4%) 0.467
Others* 3 (2.4%) 1 (16.7%) 2 (1.7%) 0.140

All results are expressed as number and percentage. Some patients had more than 1 respiratory complication. AKI: acute kidney injury. *Others: upper airway edema: 1; pulmonary thromboembolism:2; water overload: 1; acute respiratory distress syndrome: 1.