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Table 2 Traditional renal and acid–base parameters in the course of acute kidney injury (AKI)

From: Physicochemical analysis of blood and urine in the course of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a prospective, observational study

  

Day -2 (n = 13)

Day -1 (n = 21)

Day 0 (n = 168)

Day +1 (n = 164)

Day +2 (n = 117)

Urea (mg/dL)

No-AKI

-

-

27 [21,46]

29 [20,48]

27 [19,45]

transient

37 [34,40]

45 [40,68]

68 [51,90]

63 [42,89]

48 [34,66]

persistent

33 [20,42]

47 [35,65]

75 [60,115]

84 [62,136]

95 [58,132]

P

  

*0.00/ **0.30/ ***0.00

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00

Creatinine (mg/dL)

No-AKI

-

-

0.68 [0.55,0.82]

0.69 [0.57,0.83]

0.62 [0.54,0.76]

transient

0.66 [0.60,0.73]

0.79 [0.63,0.94]

1.24 [0.86,1.70]

0.98 [0.81,1.45]

0.82 [0.65,1.09]

persistent

0.72 [0.58,0.80]

0.91 [0.59,1.02]

1.62 [1.17,2.55]

1.73 [1.11-2.48]

1.69 [1.07,2.38]

P

  

0.00/ 0.02/ 0.00

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.00

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.02

24 h-urine output (mL/kg/h)

No-AKI

-

-

1.13 [0.68,1.88]

1.13 [0.81,2.24]

1.39 [0.80,1.93]

transient

1.74 [1.40,2.15]

0.65 [0.42,1.04]

1.18 [0.79,1.95]

1.36 [0.92,2.31]

1.07 [0.68,2.08]

persistent

1.31 [0.94,2.00]

0.87 [0.60,1.67]

0.83 [0.62,1.28]

0.97 [0.48,1.42]

0.93 [0.55,1.34]

P

  

0.28/ 0.11/ 0.72

0.12/ 0.07/ 0.79

0.18/ 1.00/ 0.49

24 h-fluid balance (mL)

No-AKI

-

-

408 [-492,973]

220 [-419,765]

160 [-655,685]

transient

514 [171,1130]

890 [85,968]

-119 [-770,891]

-260 [-754,455]

-64 [-1082,1190]

persistent

841 [174,1001]

691 [30,1515]

158 [-255,922]

255 [-391,717]

27 [-697,807]

P

  

0.18/0.10/ 0.08

0.10/0.05/ 0.14

0.71/0.78/ 0.76

pH

No-AKI

-

-

7.38 [7.33,7.42]

7.39 [7.36,7.41]

7.39 [7.37,7.42]

transient

7.38 [7.38,7.38]

7.39 [7.31,7.43]

7.36 [7.32,7.40]

7.39 [7.35,7.41]

7.40 [7.37,7.43]

persistent

7.42 [7.38,7.48]

7.41 [7.33,7.44]

7.35 [7.30,7.40]

7.38 [7.35,7.41]

7.39 [7.36,7.42]

P

  

0.04/ 0.51/ 0.26

0.32/ 0.38/ 1.00

0.80/ 0.43/ 0.73

PCO 2 (mmHg)

No-AKI

-

-

41 [34,47]

40 [35,46]

40 [35,45]

transient

40 [38,51]

45 [35,53]

41 [33,46]

41 [35,46]

42 [37,48]

persistent

39 [32,42]

38 [33,44]

37 [33,43]

37 [31,43]

37 [33,44]

P

  

0.29/ 0.25/0.71

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.90

0.05/ 0.02/ 0.38

SBE (mEq/L)

No-AKI

-

-

-2.6 [-3.7,1.1]

-0.9 [-3.3,1.6]

0.2 [-2.5,2.3]

transient

1.5 [-1.1,2.0]

-0.4 [-3.4,0.7]

-2.6 [-6.2,0.2]

-1.1 [-3.8,2.6]

1.2 [-2.1,4.6]

persistent

0.7 [-2.7,2.6]

0.2 [-5.6,1.7]

-4.1 [-7.4,-0.4]

-3.2 [-6.6,-0.4]

-1.9 [-3.4,0.4]

P

  

0.24/ 0.07/ 0.85

0.04/ 0.10/ 0.70

0.01/ 0.01/ 0.20

Bicarbonate (mEq/l)

No-AKI

-

-

22.4 [20.8,25.8]

23.7 [21.4,26.6]

24.5 [22.2,26.7]

transient

26.9 [22.3,27.9]

23.4 [22.3,26.7]

22.1 [18.7,25.3]

23.6 [20.6,27.2]

25.4 [22.2,29.3]

persistent

24.4 [21.9,26.3]

24 [19.1,26.4]

20.3 [17.5,24.5]

21.5 [17.6,24.7]

22.9 [20.5,25.3]

P

  

0.07/ 0.07 / 0.85

0.027/ 0.042/ 0.847

0.00/ 0.01/ 0.20

2 h-creatinine clearance

(mL/min)

No-AKI

-

-

117.8 [55.9,180.0]

111.7 [92.0,194.0]

112.7 [63.9,228.1]

transient

57.7 [18.7-234.6]

56.9 [13.4,202.8]

66.5 [41.5,115.9]

85.2 [51.6,194.7]

76.0 [41.1,148.1]

persistent

59.7 [32.2-114.5]

25.9 [9.0,72.5]

31.7 [19.0,49.5]

29.7 [14.1,58.3]

36.8 [15.2,69.0]

P

  

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.03

0.00/ 0.00/ 0.24

0.01/ 0.35/ 0.36

  1. Day 0: day of AKI diagnosis; SBE: standard base excess; * among the three groups; ** between transient and persistent AKI; *** between no AKI and transient AKI.