Research Article
Clinical Characteristics and 30-Day Outcomes of Intermittent Hemodialysis for Acute Kidney Injury in an African Intensive Care Unit
Table 4
Comparison of characteristics of survivors and nonsurvivors with acute renal failure in ICU.
| | | Survivors | Nonsurvivors | | | value | | | (%) | (%) |
| | Mechanical ventilation | | | | | | | Ventilated | 8 (42.1) | 19 (90.5) | 27 | | | | Not ventilated | 11 (57.9) | 2 (9.5) | 13 | 10.639 | 0.01 | | Vasopressors | | | | | | | Applied | 5 (26.3) | 18 (85.7) | 23 | | | | Not applied | 14 (73.7) | 3 (14.3) | 17 | 14.401 | 0.01 | | ARDS | 5 (26.3) | 12 (57.1) | 17 | | | | Non-ARDS | 14 (73.7) | 9 (42.9) | 23 | 3.879 | 0.05 | | Complications | | | | | | | Anemia | 3 (15.8) | 4 (19.0) | 7 | | | | Hypotension | 2 (10.5) | 7 (33.3) | 9 | | | | Anemia/hypotension | 0 (0.0) | 2 (9.5) | 2 | 6.473 | 0.09 | | No complication | 14 (73.3) | 8 (38.2) | 22 | | | | Malaria cases | 7 (36.8) | 7 (33.3) | 14 | | | | Nonmalaria cases | 12 (63.2) | 14 (66.7) | 26 | 1.054 | 0.86 | | Cardiac cases |
15.5 (3) | 6 (6) | 9 | | | | Noncardiac cases |
84.2 (16) | 15 (71.4) | 31 | 0.933 | 0.34 |
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AKI: acute kidney injury; APACHE II: Acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation.
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