Sepsis and AKI in Clinical Emergency Room Patients: The Role of Urinary NGAL

Table 1

Patients demographics and clinical characteristics ().

Characteristics	Septic patients ()
Male sex (%)	97 (57.7)
Age (years)	68 ± 15.4
MBP	73.3 ± 23
Comorbidities (%)
Hypertension	85 (50.6)
Diabetes	44 (26.1)
Dyslipidemia	18 (10.7)
Cardiovascular disease	50 (29.7)
Liver disease	6 (3.5)
CKD	12 (7.1)
Baseline creatinine	0.82 ± 0.3
Noradrenaline use (%)	93 (55.3)
Classification of sepsis (%):
Sepsis	26 (15.4)
Severe sepsis	49 (29.1)
Septic shock	93 (55.3)
Source of infection (%):
Urine	30 (18)
Lung	81 (48.8)
Mechanical ventilation (%)	36 (21.4)
Blood transfusion (%)	13 (7.7)
Steroids use (%)	29 (17.2)
Time for antibiotics administration
<1 h (%)	83 (50.92)
>1 h (%)	80 (49.08)
AKI (%)	121 (72.02)
At admission	87 (71.9)
During hospitalization	34 (28.1)
Urine output in 24 h (mL)	900 (450–1425)
Urine output (mL/kg/h)	0.70 (0.4–1.05)
APACHE II	19.67 ± 7.11
Dialysis (%)	15 (8.93)
Outcome (%)
Discharge	92 (55.7)
Death	73 (44.2)

Values expressed as mean and standard deviation or median and interquartile range.
AKI: acute kidney injury, MBP: mean blood pressure, CKD: chronic kidney disease, ATN-ISS: acute tubular necrosis individual severity score, and ICU: intensive care unit.