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Table 3 Characteristics of patients who did or did not develop contrast-induced nephropathy

From: Sodium bicarbonate prophylactic therapy in the prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy in patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital: a retrospective cohort study

 

No CIN

CIN

p value

Number of CT scans

153 (72.5 %)

58 (27.5 %)

 

Age (years)

64 (13)

69 (10)

<0.01

Male gender

88 (57.5 %)

37 (63.8 %)

0.41

Diabetes mellitus

22 (14.4 %)

10 (17.2 %)

0.61

Heart failure

6 (3.9 %)

5 (8.6 %)

0.18

Sepsis

41 (26.8 %)

15 (25.9 %)

0.89

Baseline GFR < 60 mL/min

52 (34.0 %)

44 (75.9 %)

<0.01

Haemoglobin (mmol/L)

6.6 (1.1)

6.2 (0.88)

0.01

APACHE II score

19.5 (7.9)

22.8 (8.9)

<0.01

APACHE IV score

74.5 (29.1)

92.6 (28.9)

<0.01

SOFA day 1

8.0 (7.0)

5.0 (4.0)

<0.01

SOFA day 4

11.0 (6.0)

4.0 (3.0)

<0.01

Fluid balance (mL/24 h)

2180 (4566)

3488 (7251)

0.03

Aminoglycoside (single-dose) use

5 (3.3 %)

7 (12.1 %)

0.02

Norepinephrine use

32 (20.9 %)

22 (37.9 %)

0.01

Prophylactic therapy

29 (19.0 %)

19 (32.8 %)

0.03

  1. Dichotomous data are noted as the number of patients with the presence of the concerning variable in that group (percentage of the entire population). Continuous data are noted as the mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range)
  2. CIN contrast-induced nephropathy, CT computed tomography, GFR glomerular filtration rate, APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment