Research Article

Kidney-Related Outcome in Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 3

Table 3

Distribution of predefined variables in patients with versus without the need for dialysis therapy.

VariableNo dialysisDialysis value

Gender (females in %)46.833.30.3
Age (mean years+/−SD)80.1+/−1.177.6+/−30.73
In-hospital stay (means days+/−SD)19.5+/−1.927.6+/−4.20.012
AKIN stage (1/2/3 in %)23.4/45.5/31.25.6/16.7/77.80.001
Initial serum creatinine (micro-Mol/L+/−SD)196.6+/−12.8378.2+/−58.8<0.001
Peak serum creatinine (micro-Mol/L+/−SD)317.6+/−12.9474.6+/−56.50.003
Serum creatinine before discharge (micro-Mol/L+/−SD)204.3+/−13.6281.1+/−47.80.158
Initial serum sodium (mMol/L+/−SD)137.3+/−0.7138.8+/−1.50.49
Minimal serum sodium (mMol/L+/−SD)134.9+/−0.7136+/−0.80.58
Peak serum sodium (mMol/L+/−SD)143.8+/−0.6145.4+/−0.70.061
Initial serum potassium (mMol/L+/−SD)4.8+/−0.15.3+/−0.20.04
Minimal serum potassium (mMol/L+/−SD)3.7+/−0.083.7+/−0.090.72
Peak serum potassium (mMol/L+/−SD)5.1+/−0.095.6+/−0.20.06
Initial NT-proBNP (pg/mL)8,953+/−1,30419,322+/−4,3100.02
Peak NT-proBNP (pg/mL)10,530+/−1,29519,370+/−3,3480.018
Initial CRP (mg/L+/−SD)54.1+/−7.139.7+/−19.10.034
Peak CRP (mg/L+/−SD)135.6+/−11.7127.9+/−27.90.5
Vasopressors (%)9.15.60.62
Invasive ventilation (%)10.422.20.17
Arterial hypertension (%)89.61000.15
Diabetes (%)55.861.10.68
Obesity (%)51.372.20.1
Preexisting CHF (%)27.327.80.96
Preexisting CAD (%)35.166.70.014
COPD (%)22.15.60.1
Hyperuricemia (%)22.133.30.31
History of cancer (%)29.916.70.25