Research Article

The Performance of Equations That Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate against Measured Urinary Creatinine Clearance in Critically Ill Patients

Table 2

Characteristics and outcomes of the 237 patients in the study cohort.

All patients N = 237

Age—(year), mean ± SD45.0 ± 20.2
Female sex—no. (%)60 (25.3)
Height—(cm), mean ± SD166.3 ± 9.7
Weight—(kg), mean ± SD78.2 ± 19.6
Body mass index—(kg/m2), mean ± SD28.3 ± 7.2

Chronic illnessesno. (%)
 Diabetes75 (31.7)
 Chronic respiratory disease27 (11.3)
 Chronic cardiac disease23 (9.7)
 Immunocompromised disorder6 (2.5)
 Chronic renal disease6 (2.5)
 Chronic liver disease11 (4.6)

Admission category, no. (%)
 Medical112 47.3)
 Surgical11 (4.6)
 Nonoperative trauma114 (48.1)
Traumatic brain injury—no. (%)62 (26.2)
Sepsis on admission—no. (%)51 (21.5)
APACHE II—mean ± SD20.4 ± 8.1
SOFA score day 1—mean ± SD10.0 ± 2.8
Vasopressor use—no. (%)135 (57.0)
Mechanical ventilation—no. (%)234 (98.7)

Intervention groupno. (%)
 Standard feeding120 (50.6)
 Permissive underfeeding117 (49.4)
Total caloric intake (kcal/day)—mean ± SD1143.6 ± 466.1
Total protein intake—(g/day) mean ± SD55.9 ± 21.0

Laboratory tests
 Inclusion blood glucose—(mmol/L), mean ± SD9.0 4.1
 Creatinine—(µmol/L), mean ± SD100.8 ± 93.9
 Bilirubin—(µmol/L), mean ± SD25.4 ± 39.2
 Platelets—(109/L), mean ± SD214 ± 128
 Albumin—(g/L), mean ± SD28.8 ± 5.6

Outcomes
 Mechanical ventilation duration—(days), mean ± SD13.0 ± 25.0
 ICU LOS—(days), mean ± SD15.9 ± 10.5
 Hospital LOS—(days), mean ± SD59.3 ± 83.1
 90-day mortality61 (25.7)
 ICU mortality—no. (%)38 (16.0)
 Hospital mortality—no. (%)56 (23.6)
 ICU-acquired infections—no. (%)96 (40.5)

SD: standard deviation; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay.