Research Article

Evaluation of Serum Creatine Kinase and Urinary Myoglobin as Markers in Detecting Development of Acute Renal Failure in Severely Injured Trauma Patients

Table 1

Baseline characteristics of the study group.

ParameterFrequency

Age*
Sex
 Men89 (83.2)
 Women18 (16.8)
Organ failure
 Yes58 (54.2)
 No 49 (45.8)
Cardiac failure
 Yes9 (8.4)
 No98 (91.6)
Hepatic failure
 Yes 32 (29.9)
 No75 (70.1)
Renal failure
 Yes 10 (9.3)
 No97 (90.6)
 Permanent3 (30)
 Transient 7 (70)
Pulmonary failure
 Yes23 (21.5)
 No84 (78.5)
Sepsis
 Yes4 (3.74)
 No103 (96.3)
Type of injury
 Head injury
  Severe38 (35.5)
  Moderate 12 (11.2)
  Minor10 (9.3)
 Blunt abdomen trauma12 (11.2)
 Cervical spine injury3 (2.8)
 Fracture 6 (5.6)
 Faciomaxillary injury5 (4.6)
 Soft tissue3 (2.8)
 Electrocuted, suicide, fall, and gunshot 18 (16.8)
Injury severity score
2489 (83.1)
 >2418 (17.1)
Glasgow coma score
 14-15, mild 43 (40.2)
 8–13, moderate28 (26.2)
 1–7, severe36 (33.6)
Systolic arterial blood pressure mm of Hg
 Hypotension, <908 (7.5)
 Normal, 90–12060 (56.1)
 Hypertension, >12039 (36.4)
Coagulopathy
 Yes21 (19.6)
 No86 (80.3)
Immediate hospital outcome
 Dead 24 (22.4)
 Discharged83 (77.6)

Data expressed as percentage or mean ± SD.