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. 2017 Nov 13;18:332. doi: 10.1186/s12882-017-0746-8

Table 2.

Patient characteristics

Total (N = 1104) Pre- CRRT intervention (N = 515) Post- CRRT intervention (N = 589) P
Dermographic characteristics
 Age, year 63.85 ± 14.39 63.05 ± 14.67 64.56 ± 14.13 0.083
 Male, % 62.8 63.9 61.8 0.493
 Height, cm 163.59 ± 8.53 163.63 ± 8.10 163.56 ± 8.91 0.884
 Weight.kg 61.85 ± 12.07 61.65 ± 12.23 62.03 ± 11.65 0.602
 BMI.kg/m2 23.07 ± 3.97 22.94 ± 3.82 23.18 ± 4.09 0.320
 Surgical ICU, % 19.3 17.5 20.9 0.169
 Medical ICU, % 80.7 82.5 79.1 0.169
Disease status
 MAP, mmHg 79.45 ± 17.73 78.01 ± 18.49 80.72 ± 16.95 0.012
 SOFA score 10.59 ± 3.98 11.03 ± 4.04 10.21 ± 3.90 0.001
 Vasopressor use, % 63.5 70.5 57.4 <0.001
 Ventilator use, % 61.3 68.0 55.5 <0.001
Laboratory findings
 WBC, 10E3/uL 14.35 ± 10.82 13.78 ± 9.90 14.84 ± 11.55 0.103
 Hb, g/dL 10.35 ± 2.40 10.34 ± 2.41 10.36 ± 2.39 0.884
 Hct, % 30.71 ± 7.54 30.93 ± 8.02 30.52 ± 7.09 0.373
 Platete, 10E3/uL 143.52 ± 102.86 131.03 ± 93.10 154.4 ± 109.60 <0.001
 Total protein, g/dL 5.47 ± 1.09 5.36 ± 1.11 5.56 ± 1.08 0.004
 Albumin, g/dL 2.95 ± 0.69 2.89 ± 0.69 3.02 ± 0.67 0.001
 BUN, mg/dL 53.91 ± 31.46 55.55 ± 33.51 52.48 ± 29.51 0.106
 Cr, mg/dL 3.59 ± 2.79 3.57 ± 2.86 3.61 ± 2.73 0.816
 Na, mmol/L 138.06 ± 8.91 138.16 ± 10.25 137.97 ± 7.56 0.727
 K, mmol/L 4.51 ± 1.10 4.53 ± 1.12 4.50 ± 1.08 0.696
 TCO2, mmol/L 16.74 ± 6.13 15.84 ± 5.92 17.52 ± 6.21 <0.001
 PT, INR 1.65 ± 0.97 1.66 ± 1.05 1.64 ± 0.88 0.688

CRRT continuous renal replacement therapy; BMI body mass index; ICU intensive care unit; MAP mean arterial pressure; SOFA sequential organ failure assessment; Hb hemoglobin; BUN blood urea nitrogen; Cr creatinine; tCO2 total carbon dioxide; PT prothrombin time