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. 2015 Oct 1;4(4):121–126. doi: 10.12860/jnp.2015.23

Table 2. Univariate analysis comparing patient’s baseline characteristics, procedure types, intraoperative and perioperative variables and between the 2 groups of patients with cardiac surgery associated AKI (CS-AKI) (group-I) and patients with a normal postoperative kidney function (group II) .

Characteristics Group I
CS-AKI (n = 20)
Group II
Non-AKI (n = 221)
P value
Baseline characteristics
%EFa 51.2±15.4 (15-75) 49.8±14.8 (10-80) 0.69
Baseline Cra 1.17±0.27 (0.7-1.7) 1.03±0.25 (0.5-2) 0.047
Pre-op Hgba 8.04±1.69 (6.2-12.6) 7.88±1.27 (5.2-11.5) 0.68
Pre-op Hcta 24.2±5.23 (18.1-38.4) 23.3±3.75 (15.3-35.4) 0.46
Pre-transfusion Hgba 8.69±0.90 (7.5-10.8) 8.28±0.63 (6.7-9.7) 0.09
Surgery (≤48 h) 6 (30%) 38 (17%) 0.22
Blood transfusion (14 d) 12 (60%) 47 (21%) 0.0004
Procedure types
CABG 11 (55%) 175 (79%) 0.04
Valves 6 (30%) 34 (15%)
CABG + valves 3 (15%) 12 (5%)
Intraoperative variables
Operative timea 273.4±63.19 (186-423) 255.9± 56.9 (155-518) 0.24
Pump timea 149.6±48.1 (82-260) 112.8±36.9 (34-252) 0.003
Clamp timea 100.9±40.6 (40-218) 71.3±30.1 (18-188) 0.005
Perioperative MAP
Pre-CPB-MAPa 77.8±9.39 (60.7-98) 78.8 (51-105.4) ± 8.51 0.66
CPB-MAPa 57.02±4.52 (46-64.6) 58.03±5.00 (45-81.2) 0.35
∆-MAPa 20.79± 10.57 (5.3-43) 19.94±12.36 (47-65) 0.73
ICU-MAPa 81.61±8.76 (70.3-102.8) 82.92±10.52 (61.4-118.2) 0.53

Abbreviations: %EF, cardiac ejection fraction; Cr, Creatinine; Pre-op Hgb, pre-operative hemoglobin; Pre-op Hct, pre-operative hematocrit; Surgery (≤48 h), surgery less than 48 hours from heart catheterization; Blood transfusion (14 d), blood transfusion within 14 postoperative days; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; Valves, valve surgery; CABG + valves, combined CABG and valve surgery; pump time, duration of CBP; clamp time, aortic cross clamp time; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; MAP, mean arterial pressure; ΔMAP, Difference between pre-CPB MAP and CPB MAP; ICU, intensive care unit.

a Figures are presented as mean ± standard deviation (range).