The Scientific World Journal

Clinical Study

The Incidence and Prognostic Value of Hypochloremia in Critically Ill Patients

Table 4

Comparison of variables in surviving and nonsurviving patients in the hospital.
VariablesNonsurvivorsSurvivorsP value
( š‘› = 2 8 )( š‘› = 4 6 0 )
APACHE II score 1 8 . 1 Ā± 7 . 5 1 1 . 7 Ā± 3 . 9 <.0001
Sex, male (%) 60.7 60.7 1.0000
Body weight, kg 5 3 . 2 Ā± 1 1 . 7 5 7 . 9 Ā± 1 2 . 6 0.0561
Height, cm 1 5 9 . 1 Ā± 1 . 8 1 5 9 . 8 Ā± 0 . 4 3 0.7302
Age, years 5 7 . 3 Ā± 3 . 0 6 2 . 1 Ā± 0 . 8 0.127
Medical admission, % 42.86 7.4 <.0001
pH 7 . 4 1 Ā± 0 . 0 7 6 7 . 4 2 Ā± 0 . 0 3 7 0.3978
PaCO2, mmHg 3 8 . 3 Ā± 5 . 2 4 0 . 5 Ā± 5 . 3 0.0331
Sodium, mmol/L 1 3 1 . 1 Ā± 4 . 7 1 3 3 . 0 Ā± 4 . 0 0.0166
Potassium, mmol/L 3 . 9 Ā± 0 . 6 3 . 8 Ā± 0 . 3 8 0.0298
Calcium, mmol/L 1 . 1 Ā± 0 . 0 9 8 1 . 1 Ā± 0 . 0 6 4 0.0001
Albumin, g/dL 2 . 7 5 Ā± 0 . 6 5 2 . 8 3 Ā± 0 . 5 1 0.41
Chloride, mmol/L 9 9 . 8 Ā± 5 . 7 1 0 2 . 9 Ā± 4 . 2 0.0002
Bicarbonate, mmol/L 2 4 . 4 Ā± 4 . 1 2 6 . 0 Ā± 2 . 8 0.0059
Lactate, mmol/L 2 . 9 Ā± 5 . 1 1 . 2 Ā± 0 . 9 <.0001
SBE, mmol/L 0 . 3 3 Ā± 4 . 6 1 . 9 Ā± 3 . 7 0.0043
SIDa, mmol/L 3 3 . 4 Ā± 4 . 5 3 3 . 7 Ā± 3 . 9 0.6904
AG, mmol/L 1 0 . 7 Ā± 6 . 5 7 . 9 Ā± 3 . 3 <.0001
Hematocrit, % 3 0 . 2 Ā± 5 . 4 3 2 . 6 Ā± 4 . 8 0.0109
Glucose, mg/dL 1 5 9 . 8 Ā± 6 6 . 6 1 4 9 . 0 Ā± 3 7 . 6 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.