Research Article

Value of Central Venous Pressure Monitoring in the Patients with Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury

Table 4

Basic characteristics of the validation set ().

VariablesNo CVP group
CVP group
SMD

Age (year, mean (SD))64.0 (16.1)64.4 (14.2)0.024
Male (%)2030 (47.3)716 (54.1)0.135
Ethnicity, (%)
 African American615 (14.3)141 (10.6)0.129
 Asian77 (1.8)30 (2.3)
 Caucasian3153 (73.5)1004 (75.8)
 Hispanic159 (3.7)45 (3.4)
 Native American31 (0.7)7 (0.5)
 Other/unknown254 (5.9)97 (7.3)
First care unit, (%)
 Cardiac ICU278 (6.5)65 (4.9)0.414
 CCU-CTICU292 (6.8)130 (9.8)
 CSICU84 (2.0)19 (1.4)
 CTICU102 (2.4)138 (10.4)
 Med-Surg ICU2288 (53.3)632 (47.7)
 MICU614 (14.3)162 (12.2)
 Neuro ICU410 (9.6)71 (5.4)
 SICU221 (5.2)107 (8.1)
Severity of illness (mean (SD))
 SOFA score7.3 (2.9)9.6 (3.2)0.772
 APS-III score62.6 (27.8)81.9 (32.9)0.635
 Charlson comorbidity index2.7 (1.4)2.8 (1.3)0.070
Hemodynamic variables measured in the first 24 hours of admission to ICU (mean (SD))
 MAP (mmHg)67.3 (30.3)64.6 (28.8)0.093
 HR (bpm)85.4 (18.3)89.3 (18.7)0.213
 CI (L/min/m2)2.6 (0.7)2.6 (0.8)4.429
 SV (mL)62.0 (29.6)63.1 (21.6)0.098
 Lac (mmol/L)2.3 (2.5)3.3 (3.6)0.328
Inflammatory indicators measured in the first 24 hours of admission to ICU (mean (SD))
 WBC (×109/L)11.4 (8.4)14.3 (10.8)0.296
 NLR10.6 (15.6)13.5 (16.0)0.181
Renal function index measured in the first 24 hours of admission to ICU
 BUN (mg/dL)30.8 (24.9)37.2 (25.7)0.255
 SCr (mg/dL)2.0 (2.1)2.3 (2.0)0.141
 AKI stage
  I3833 (89.6)1172 (88.7)0.027
  II231 (5.4)77 (5.8)
  III216 (5.0)72 (5.5)
Interventions in the first 24 hours of admission to ICU, (%)
 MV use1176 (27.4)785 (59.3)0.679
 Vasopressor use16 (0.4)15 (1.1)0.088
 RRT use11 (0.3)9 (0.7)0.062

CVP = central venous pressure; SMD = standard mean difference; CVICU = cardiovascular intensive care unit; CCU = coronary care unit; MICU = medical intensive care; SICU = surgical intensive care unit; TSICU = trauma surgical intensive care unit; SOFA = sequential organ failure assessment; APS-III = acute physiology score III; MAP = mean arterial pressure; HR = heart rate; CI = cardiac index; SV = stroke volume; Lac = lactic acid; WBC = white blood cell; NLR = neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio; BUN = blood urea nitrogen; SCr = serum creatinine; AKI = acute kidney injury; MV = mechanical ventilation; RRT = renal replacement therapy.