Outcomes of Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in the Intensive Care Unit

Table 1

Comparison of studies assessing outcomes of chronic dialysis patients admitted to ICU.

Study	Country	Year of publication	No. of patients (𝑛)	Mean age (years)	Mean severity score on admission to ICU	ICU mortality (%)	Hospital mortality (%)	30-day mortality (%)	ICU LOS (days) mean ± SD or median [range]	ICU readmission rate (%)
Clermont et al. [8]	USA	2002	57	58	64; (APACHE III)	11	14	—		—
Uchino et al. [5]	Australia	2003	38	45	22; (APACHE II)	22	38	—	6	—
Dara et al. [10]	USA	2004	93	66	64; (APACHE III)	9	16	22	2	—
Manhes et al. [7]	France	2005	92	63	49.4; (SAPS II)	28	38	—	6.2±9.9	—
Bagshaw et al. [20]	Canada	2006	92	66	29.7; (APACHE II)	16	34	—	—	—
Hutchison et al. [4]	UK	2007	3420	57	24.7; (APACHE II)	26	45	—	1.9 [0.9–4.2]	9
Ostermann and Chang [19]	UK/Germany	2008	797	55	8; (SOFA)	21	35	—	2 [1–64]	—
Senthuran et al. [11]	Australia	2008	70	57	26.1; (APACHE II)	17	29	—	2 [1–27]	—
Strijack et al. [6]	Canada	2009	619	62	24; (APACHE II)	—	16	—	4.3	12
Chapman et al. [18]	UK	2009	199	59	27.6; (APACHE II)	44	56	—	7.5±10.1	—
Rocha et al. [14]	Brazil	2009	54	66	43.9; (SAPS II)	20	24	—	5 [3–11]	—
Juneja et al. [13]	India	2010	73	54	27.1; (APACHE II)	27	—	41	2 [1–20]	—
Sood et al. [15]	Canada	2011	578	61	19; (APACHE II, renal adjusted)	13	—	—	—	—
Walcher et al. [22]	USA	2011	28	58	—	36	39	39	9 ± 8	—
O’Brien et al. [21]	UK	2012	8991	59	24.6 (APACHE II)	24	42	—	2 [0.9–4.7]	—

Abbreviations: APACHE: Acute Physiology Assessment and Chronic Health Evaluation; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay.