Research Article
Retrospective Study on Acute Kidney Injury among Cholera Patients in an Outbreak in Whitefield, Bengaluru
Table 1
Comparison between cholera patients with AKI and without AKI.
| | Variables | Patients with AKI (n) | Patients without AKI (n) |
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| | Total patients | 43 | 12 | — | | Males | 30 | 10 | — | | Mean age at onset | 34 | 28 | — | | History of food poisoning | 40 | 11 | — | | History of long-term antacid intake | 5 | 1 | — | | Severe diarrhoea | 26 | 5 | — | | Moderate diarrhoea | 14 | 7 | — | | Mild diarrhoea | 3 | 0 | — | | Vomiting | 40 | 11 | — | | Abdominal pain | 26 | 5 | — | | Fever | 7 | 1 | — | | Blood in stool | 15 | 1 | — | | Hypovolaemic shock | 40 | 12 | 1 | | Severe shock | 40 | 12 | 1 | | Diabetes mellitus | 4 | 0 | 0.566 | | Serum creatinine on day 0 (mg%) | 1.16 | 5.72 | <0.001 | | Serum creatinine on day 5 (mg%) | 1.16 | 1.46 | 0.042 | | Serum sodium (mEq/L) | 129 | 127 | — | | Serum potassium (mEq/L) | 3.04 | 3.65 | — | | Urine PCR (day 0) | 0.15 | 1.9 | 0.002 | | Urine PCR (day 5) | 0.18 | 0.31 | 0.142 | | Haemoglobin (g%) | 16.9 | 16.7 | — | | WBC (/cmm) | 10,375 | 10,725 | — | | Platelet (L/cmm) | 2.1 | 2.8 | — | | Microscopic haematuria | 19 | 0 | — | | Metabolic acidosis | 18 | 0 | — | | Serum albumin (g%) | 4 | 3.3 | — | | Urine output D0 (ml/day) | 682 | 552 | — | | Urine output D5 (ml/day) | 2,091 | 2,176 | — | | Ceftriaxone + doxycycline + metronidazole | 10 | 5 | — | | Ofloxacin + doxycycline + ornidazole | 33 | 7 | — | | Renal replacement therapy | 18 | 0 | — |
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