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Table 2 Population characteristics.

From: Acute kidney injury in severe trauma assessed by RIFLE criteria: a common feature without implications on mortality?

  

All trauma

 
 

Total

(n = 436)

No AKI

(n = 219, 50%)

AKI

(N = 217, 50%)

p

Baseline characteristics

    

   Gender, n (%)

    

Male

350 (80)

170 (78)

180 (83)

0.162

Female

86 (20)

49 (22)

37 (17)

 

   Age, median (IQR)

37 (23-55)

37 (22-52)

37 (24-55)

0.814

   ISS, mean (SD)

27.3 (11.4)

26.2 (10.9)

28.4 (11.8)

0.045

   TRISS, mean (SD)

71.2 (27.1)

70.1 (27.2)

68.1 (28.00)

0.414

   SAPS II, median (IQR)

36 (26-45)

34 (25-45)

38 (28-46)

0.288

   Intracranial hypertension, n (%)

254 (58)

167 (76)

87 (40)

<0.001

   Trauma, n (%)

    

Head

410 (94)

205 (94)

205 (95)

0.704

Thorax

216 (50)

107 (49)

109 (50)

0.775

Abdomen

54 (12)

22 (10)

32 (15)

0.136

Pelvis and limbs

202 (46)

94 (43)

108 (50)

0.152

Spinal

17 (4)

6 (3)

11 (5)

0.209

   Renal trauma, n(%)

11 (2.5)

5 (2.3)

6 (2.8)

0.748

Outcomes

    

   ICU LOS, median (IQR)

7 (3-13)

5 (2-11)

9 (5-16)

<0.001

   Hospital LOS, median (IQR)

13 (5-24)

10 (3-19)

16 (9-29)

<0.001

   ICU mortality, n (%)

97 (22)

61 (28)

36 (17)

0.005

   Hospital Mortality (n%)

    

Overall

129 (30)

82 (37)

47 (22)

<0.001

Early

57 (13)

45 (21)

12 (6)

<0.001

Late

72 (17)

37 (22)

35 (18)

0.315