Intravenous Contrast Medium Administration for Computed Tomography Scan in Emergency: A Possible Cause of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Table 2

The demographic data of patients who underwent Computed Tomography Scan with intravenous contrast and those who did not receive intravenous contrast in emergency.

	All patients	CT with IV contrast	CT without IV contrast	value
Age, median (range)	53 (1–79)	51 (1–79)	57 (3–73)	0.283
Sex (male/female)	721/571	369/251	352/320	0.497
Admission serum creatinine	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.311
Highest serum creatinine	1.0	1.0	1.0	0.396
Serum creatinine at discharge	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.477
Diabetes	65 (5%)	36 (6%)	29 (4%)	0.419
Admission SBP	124	125	128	0.217
AKI during admission	33 (3%)	21 (3%)	12 (2%)	0.741
AKI on discharge	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	—

CT: Computed Tomography; IV: intravenous; SBP: systolic blood pressure; AKI: acute kidney injury.