Research Article

Association between Blood Potassium Level and Recovery of Postoperative Gastrointestinal Motility during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy in Patient Undergoing Open Abdominal Surgery

Table 2

Variables included in the binary logistic regression analysis and hazard ratios.

VariableOR (95% CI)

Male sex1.267 (0.834-1.923)0.267
Mean age (y)1.000 (0.987-1.013)0.990
Gastrointestinal operation1.139 (0.718-1.808)0.581
Duration of operation (mean, min)1.001 (0.999-1.002)0.232
Intraoperative blood loss (median, ml)1.000 (1.000-1.000)0.803
Length of hospital stay (median, day)1.003 (0.998-1.009)0.258
SOFA score (mean)1.038 (0.989-1.091)0.134
Initial time of CRRT after operation (median, day)0.970 (0.935-1.007)0.108
CRRT modality0.901 (0.476-1.704)0.748
Delivered dose of CRRT (mean in first 72 hours, ml/kg/h)0.997 (0.983-1.012)0.716
Plasma potassium level (mmol/L)0.109 (0.063-0.190)<0.001