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Multicenter Study
. 2018 Aug 3;22(1):188.
doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2112-z.

A worldwide multicentre evaluation of the influence of deterioration or improvement of acute kidney injury on clinical outcome in critically ill patients with and without sepsis at ICU admission: results from The Intensive Care Over Nations audit

Esther Peters  1 , Massimo Antonelli  2 , Xavier Wittebole  3 , Rahul Nanchal  4 , Bruno François  5 , Yasser Sakr  6 , Jean-Louis Vincent  7 , Peter Pickkers  8
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Multicenter Study

A worldwide multicentre evaluation of the influence of deterioration or improvement of acute kidney injury on clinical outcome in critically ill patients with and without sepsis at ICU admission: results from The Intensive Care Over Nations audit

Esther Peters et al. Crit Care. .

Abstract

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of critical illness and is associated with worse outcomes. However, the influence of deterioration or improvement in renal function on clinical outcomes is unclear. Using a large international database, we evaluated the prevalence and evolution of AKI over a 7-day period and its effects on clinical outcomes in septic and non-septic critically ill patients worldwide.

Methods: From the 10,069 adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients in the Intensive Care Over Nations database, all those with creatinine and urine output data were included in this substudy. Patients who developed sepsis during the ICU stay (≥ 2 days after admission) were excluded. AKI was evaluated within 72 hours after admission and before discharge/death up to day 7 according to the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria.

Results: A total of 7970 patients were included, 59% of whom met AKIN criteria for AKI within the first 72 hours of the ICU stay. Twenty-four per cent of patients had sepsis on admission, of whom 68% had AKI, compared to 57% of those without sepsis on admission (p < 0.001). AKIN stage 3 (40% vs 24%, p < 0.001) and use of renal replacement therapy (20% vs 5%, p < 0.0001) were more prevalent in patients with sepsis. Patients with sepsis and AKIN stage 3 were less likely to improve to a lower stage during the 7-day follow-up period than non-septic patients with AKIN stage 3 (21% vs 32%, p < 0.0001). In-hospital mortality was related to severity of AKI and was reduced in patients in whom AKI improved compared to those who remained stable or deteriorated, but remained higher than in patients without AKI, even if there was apparent full recovery at day 7.

Conclusion: These findings illustrate the different kinetics of AKI in septic and non-septic ICU patients and emphasize the important impact of AKI on mortality rates even when there is apparent full renal recovery at day 7.

Keywords: Critical care outcomes; Epidemiology; Renal replacement therapy.

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In each institution, the study was approved by the institutional research ethics committee in accordance with local ethical regulations. Informed consent was not required due to the observational and anonymous nature of data collection.

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Fig. 1
Change in severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) in septic and non-septic critically ill patients over 7 days. Vertical bar graphs represent AKI diagnosed at ICU admission in septic patients (left) and non-septic patients (right), according to AKIN categories: No AKI, stage 1, 2 and 3. Horizontal bar graphs (middle) represent change in AKI stage on day 7 according to AKI admission category. For example, of the 30% (n = 575) of septic patients with AKI stage 1, 27% (n = 155) remained in the AKI stage 1 group, 36% (n = 206) improved to No AKI, 8% (n = 45) worsened to stage 2 and 29% (n = 169) worsened to stage 3
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Cumulative incidence functions of death in critically ill patients with (left) and without (right) sepsis according to acute kidney injury (AKI) stage on admission and presence of comorbid chronic renal failure (CRF)
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