Dialysis Complications in AKI Patients Treated with Extended Daily Dialysis: Is the Duration of Therapy Important?

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of AKI patients treated with different durations of EDD.

Parameters	G1 = 6 h ()	G2 = 10 h ()	value
Age (years)			0.28
Male gender (%)	25 (65.7)	28 (75.6)	0.34
Weight (kg)			0.59
Infection site (%)
Abdominal	13 (34.2)	12 (32.4)	0.88
Pulmonary	12 (31.5)	20 (54.0)	0.002
Comorbidities (%)
Hypertension	21 (55.2)	16 (43.2)	0.29
Heart failure	20 (52.6)	21 (56.8)	0.41
DM	8 (21)	7 (18.9)	0.81
CKD	6 (15.7)	3 (8.1)	0.47
ATN-ISS			0.47
SOFA			0.20
Patient outcome (%)
Recovery of renal function	4 (10.5)	6 (16.6)	0.21
Chronic dialysis	4 (10.5)	2 (5.5)	0.28
Death	30 (78.9)	28 (77.7)	0.86

Amounts shown in frequency, mean, standard deviation, and proportion.
AKI: acute kidney injury, EDD: extended daily dialysis, SAH: systemic arterial hypertension, DM: diabetes mellitus, CKD: chronic kidney diseases, ATN-ISS: prognostic specific to the NTA, and SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment score.