Can Serum Nutritional Related Biomarkers Predict Mortality Of Critically Ill Older Patients With Acute Kidney Injury?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Critically ill older patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), also referred to as acute renal failure, are associated with high in-hospital mortalities. Preexisting malnutrition is highly prevalent among AKI patients and increases in-hospital mortality rate. This study is to evaluate the predictive power of some serum nutritional related biomarkers predicting the 90 days in-hospital mortality of critically ill older patients with AKI.

Methods

A prospective, observational study was conducted in a university teaching hospital. One hundred and five critically ill older patients with AKI aged 60-95 were enrolled and were divided into survival group (n=44) and non-survival group (n=61) in the light of their final outcomes. Receiver operating characteristic analyses (RO

SUBMITTER: Gong Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6811773 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature