IVC Measurements in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Renal Failure

Table 4

Renal function at baseline, day 0, and day 2 in the 33 patients.

	Group 1 ()	Group 2 ()	p
Creatinine (mg/dl)
Baseline	1.13 ± 0.85	0.8 ± 0.25	0.6
Day 0	2.88 ± 1.43	2.42 ± 1.16	0.34
Day 2	2.0 ± 1.5	2.8 ± 1.6	0.18
Mean change in creatinine (mg/dl)	−0.80 ± 0.78	0.39 ± 0.81	<0.0001
Change in creatinine (%)	−33 ± 26	12 ± 39	0.0003
Percent of patients with improved creatinine	17 (85)	4 (31)	0.0002
Creatinine clearance (mL/min)
Baseline	114 ± 65	122 ± 58	0.9
Day 0	42 ± 28	45 ± 25	0.78
Day 2	73 ± 52	51 ± 46	0.2
Mean change in creatinine clearance	31 ± 39	6 ± 34	0.0048
Percent change in creatinine clearance	78 ± 93	8 ± 64	0.002
Urine output at day 0, ml/kg/h	0.63 ± 0.83	0.32 ± 0.28	0.66
Urine output at day 2, ml/kg/h	0.86 ± 0.54	0.45 ± 0.36	0.03
Change in urine output (day 0 to day 2); (ml/kg/h)	0.32 ± 0.8	0.11 ± 0.5	0.47
Fluid balance (day 2) (L)	4 ± 6.3	5.8 ± 4.6	0.027