Research Article

A Simple Method to Detect Recovery of Glomerular Filtration Rate following Acute Kidney Injury

Table 1

Demographic profile and clinical outcome.

VariableCohort ( )

Age (years)
Sex (female)189 (39.2)
Weight (kg)
APACHE II score
On entry plasma creatinine (mg/dL)1.00 (0.79–1.36)
Chronic kidney disease66 (13.7)
Cardiac arrest63 (13.1)
Sepsis96 (19.9)
Mechanical ventilation 433 (89.8)
Dialysis in the ICU12 (2.5)
Hospital mortality73 (15.1)
Mortality at 1 year111 (23)
Length of ICU stay (hours)78 (44–180)

Data expressed as mean SD, (%), or median (lower quartile–upper quartile). APACHE II score: acute physiological and chronic health evaluation II score. ICU: intensive care unit.