Table 2.

Comparison of paraclinical characteristics of the study population during amphotericin B treatment in normal saline and sodium bicarbonate groups (n = 31)

Characteristics	Groups		P-value
	Normal saline (n = 11)	Normal saline + sodium bicarbonate (n = 20)	Univariate	Multivariate
Serum creatinine, range (mg/dL)	0.3-2.1	0.2-2.6	0.658	0.225
Blood urea nitrogen, range (mg/dL)	6-57	5-56	0.980	0.655
Serum potassium, range (mEq/L)	2.2-4.8	1.2-5.3	0.125	0.337
Serum magnesium, range (mEq/L)	1.3-3.8	1-2.1	0.052	0.270
Urine creatinine, range (mg/dL)	167-1300	94.5-11642	0.19	0.35
Urine volume, range (L)	1000-4700	500-4600	0.76	0.912
Urine potassium, range (mEq/L)	15-49	11-49	0.41	0.261
Urine magnesium, range (mEq/L)	2.1-1160	13-391	0.06	0.27