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. 2012 Sep 29;16(5):R172. doi: 10.1186/cc11649

Table 3.

Characteristics and outcomes of patients with proteinuria according to AKI (n = 271)

Proteinuria without AKI
(n = 120)
Proteinuria accompanied with AKI (n = 151) P-value
Age (years) 41 (17.75) 41 (16.00) 0.685
Gender (% of male) 72.80 79.17 0.200
TBSA (%) 47.5 (34.75) 70 (35.00) < 0.001
dTBSA (%) 42 (25.75) 58 (37.00) < 0.001
Escharotomy (%) 7 (28.50) 18 (38.00) < 0.001
Electrical injury (%) 8.33 8.61 0.936
Chemical injury (%) 19.17 12.58 0.138
Inhalation injury (%) 43.33 50.33 0.226
Comorbidities (%) 10.00 8.95 0.630
ACS (%) 14.17 25.17 0.033
Vasopressor in first 48 h (%) 5.00 8.61 0.249
Artificial colloid (%) 56.14 52.82 0.672
Albumin (%) 42.11 30.28 0.111
Proteinuria at heavy stage (%) 22.71 42.14 0.001
Urine output in shock stage (%, ≥ 0.5 ml/Kg·h-1) 77.19 54.93 < 0.001
Nephrotoxic drugs (%) 45.61 55.63 0.202
Length of mechanical ventilation (days) 0 (3.00) 1 (6.00) < 0.001
Sepsis during ICU stay (%) 41.67 62.25 0.001
Positive blood culture (%) 71.28 74.35 0.102
Maximum SOFA 0 (5.00) 7 (9.00) < 0.001
CRRT during ICU stay (%) 8.30 9.93 0.002
Length of CRRT treatment (days) 0 (0.00) 0 (2.00) 0.002
ICU length of stay (days) 0 (24.75) 11 (45.00) < 0.001
ICU mortality (%) 12.50 28.48 0.001

ACS, abdominal compartment syndrome; AKI, acute kidney injury; CRRT, continuous renal replacement therapy; ICU, intense care unit; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment; TBSA, total burn surface area; tTBSA, total surface area of third degree burn. Continuous variables, median (quartile range); categorical variables, (%)