The Incidence and Prognostic Value of Hypochloremia in Critically Ill Patients
Table 4
Comparison of variables in surviving and nonsurviving patients in the hospital.
Variables
Nonsurvivors
Survivors
P value
()
()
APACHE II score
<.0001
Sex, male (%)
60.7
60.7
1.0000
Body weight, kg
0.0561
Height, cm
0.7302
Age, years
0.127
Medical admission, %
42.86
7.4
<.0001
pH
0.3978
PaCO2, mmHg
0.0331
Sodium, mmol/L
0.0166
Potassium, mmol/L
0.0298
Calcium, mmol/L
0.0001
Albumin, g/dL
0.41
Chloride, mmol/L
0.0002
Bicarbonate, mmol/L
0.0059
Lactate, mmol/L
<.0001
SBE, mmol/L
0.0043
SIDa, mmol/L
0.6904
AG, mmol/L
<.0001
Hematocrit, %
0.0109
Glucose, mg/dL
0.1634
APACHE II score: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II score; SBE: standard base excess; SIDa: apparent strong ion difference; AG: anion gap.