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. 2020 Jun 6;13(3):354–361. doi: 10.1093/ckj/sfaa099

Table 3.

Comparison of patients with and without AKI

Characteristics of Patients AKI (n = 57) non-AKI (n = 14)  P-value
Male, n (%) 46 (81) 9 (64) 0.28
Age (years), mean ± SD 61.7 ± 11.4 59.1 ± 15.0 0.54
BMI, mean ± SD 31.7 ± 5.9 28.4 ± 4.9 0.04
Basal SCr (µmol/L), mean ± SD 70.4 ± 21.4 62.4 ± 17.6 0.16
MAP (mmHg), mean ± SD 92.8 ± 19.9 98.6 ± 11.6 0.17
Maximal SCr (µmol/L), mean ± SD 214.1 ± 183.0 76.8 ± 19.3 <0.001
Minimum diuresis (mL/kg/h), mean ± SD 0.5 ± 0.3 0.6 ± 0.2 0.03
PaO2/FiO2 at admission, median (IQR) 150 (94–222) 220 (172–249) 0.07
SAPSII, mean ± SD 42.8 ± 16.5 34.4 ± 18.3 0.13
SOFA score, mean ± SD 7 ± 3.8 3.9 ±3.2 0.006
 Respiratory 2.8 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 0.9 0.06
 Coagulation 0.2 ± 0.5 0.2 ± 0.6 0.90
 Liver 0.1 ± 0.5 0.1 ± 0.5 0.99
 Cardiovascular  1.6 ± 1.5 0.4 ± 0.8 0.004
 Neurologic 1.5 ± 1.8 0.8 ± 1.7 0.22
 Renal 0.7 ± 1.1 0 ± 00 <0.001
Specific therapy, n (%)
 Hydroxychloroquine 31/57 (54) 9/14 (64) 0.56
 Lopinavir–Ritonavir 21/57 (37) 4/14 (29) 0.76
 Tocilizumab 5/57 (9) 0/14 (0) 0.57
Crystalloid infusion during the first 24 h (mL), mean ± SD 3074 ± 1577 2761 ± 905 0.37
Contrast agent, n (%) 12/57 (21) 3/57 (21) 0.98
Worst PaO2/FiO2, median (IQR) 93 (76–120) 108 (90–227) 0.04
Maximal NE infusion (µg/kg/min), median (IQR) 0.16 (0.10–0.39) 0.23 (0.12–0.30) 0.76
Lactate level at maximal NE infusion (mmol/L), mean ± SD 1.5 ± 0.7 1.5 ± 0.3 0.76
C-reactive protein (mg/L) at admission, mean ± SD 164 ± 111 125 ± 72 0.12
Ferritin (ng/mL) at admission, mean ± SD 1873 ± 1778 2103 ± 1686 0.68
Lymphocytes at admission (/mm3), mean ± SD 939 ± 590 782 ± 342 0.20
AKI Stage 1, n (%) 20/57 (35)
AKI Stage 2, n (%) 20/57 (35)
AKI Stage 3, n (%) 17/57 (30)
AKD Stage 1, n (%) 2/57 (4)
AKD Stage 2, n (%) 7/57 (12)
AKD Stage 3, n (%) 9/57 (16)
Total AKD 18/57 (32)
MAKEs, n (%) 19 (33) 0
SCr >200 µmol/L 9/19 (47)
Dialysis at Day 7 6/19 (32)
Death 4/19 (21)

BMI, body mass index; FiO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; MAP, mean arterial pressure; NE, norepinephrine; PaO2, arterial partial pressure of oxygen; SAPS, simplified acute physiology score.