Duration of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Duration of acute kidney injury (AKI) has been recognized a risk factor for adverse outcomes following AKI. We sought to examine the relationship of AKI duration and recurrent AKI with short-term outcomes in critically ill patients who were mechanically ventilated and met criteria for the acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Methods

Participants in the NHLBI ARDS Network SAILS multicenter trial who developed AKI were included in this analysis and divided into groups based on AKI duration. Differences in outcomes were evaluated using t test and Chi-square test. Competing risks regression and Cox regression were used to evaluate factors associated with resolving AKI and recurrent AKI.

Results

In total, 238 patients were included in the study. Seventy-seven pa

SUBMITTER: Federspiel CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5823799 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature