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Table 3.

Kidney Injury & Resource Utilization for Hi vs Lo IL-6 Quartiles at 1 hour

Variable	Total n=38	IL6^Hi n=10	IL6^Lo n=10	p
1hr NGAL (pg/mL)	263±131	347±109	175±97	<0.01
AKIN	20(52.6%)	7(70%)	5(50%)	0.39
Pulmonary failure	16(42.1%)	6(60%)	3(30%)	0.20
Time on ventilator (hrs)	20(16–120)	83(18–360)	20(17–26)	0.36
ICU LOS (days)	5(4–13)	10(5–30)	4(3–5)	0.03
Hospital LOS (days)	13(7–26)	20(15–36)	7(6–25)	0.03

AKIN = acute kidney injury network criteria for AKI

ICU = intensive care unit

LOS = length of stay