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. 2023 Aug;55(8):2099-2109.
doi: 10.1007/s11255-023-03510-7. Epub 2023 Feb 25.

Associations of systolic blood pressure and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Zheng Liang  1   2 , Suru Yue  3 , Jianfeng Zhong  2 , Jiayuan Wu  4 , Can Chen  5
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Associations of systolic blood pressure and in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Zheng Liang et al. Int Urol Nephrol. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: Although systolic blood pressure (SBP) is associated with acute renal injury (AKI), the relationship between baseline SBP and prognosis in critically ill patients with AKI is unclear. We aimed to assess the linearity and profile of the relationship between SBP at intensive care unit (ICU) admission and in-hospital mortality in these patients.

Methods: Data of AKI patients in the ICU settings were extracted from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III database. The association between seven SBP categories (< 100, 100-109, 110-119, 120-129, 130-139, 140-149, and ≥ 150 mmHg) and all-cause in-hospital mortality was assessed by Cox proportional hazard models. Restricted cubic spline analysis for the multivariate Cox model was performed to explore the shape of the relationship between SBP and mortality.

Results: A total of 24,202 patients with AKI were included in this study. A typically U-shaped relationship was found between SBP at admission and in-hospital mortality. Among all SBP categories, the lowest risk of death was observed in patients with SBP around 110-119 mmHg, whereas the highest was noted in patients with extremely low SBP (< 100 mmHg), followed by those with extremely high SBP (≥ 150 mmHg). SBP showed a significant interaction with vasopressor use and AKI stage in relation to the risk of in-hospital mortality.

Conclusions: SBP upon admission showed a non-linear association with all-cause in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients with AKI. Patients with low or high SBP show an increased risk of mortality compared to patients with normal SBP.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; In-hospital mortality; MIMIC-III database; Systolic blood pressure.

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