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Table 2 AKI etiology

From: Epidemiology and short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury among patients in the intensive care unit in Laos: a nationwide multicenter, prospective, and observational study

 

Non-severe (n = 209)

Severe (n = 299)

All AKI (n = 508)

P value

Sepsis

48 (23.0%)

61 (20.4%)

107 (27.5%)

0.49

Renal hypoperfusiona

114 (54.6%)

127 (42.5%)

241 (47.4%)

0.01

Toxin and poisoningb

0

1 (0.3%)

1 (0.2%)

0.401

Trauma and surgery

21 (10.1%)

39 (13.0%)

60 (11.8%)

0.30

Systemic diseasesc

1 (0.5%)

0

1 (0.2%)

0.411

Genitourinary diseasesd

4 (1.9%)

4 (1.3%)

8 (1.6%)

0.721

Tropical infectione

4 (1.9%)

2 (0.7%)

6 (1.2%)

0.241

Obstetric complicationsf

5 (2.4%)

5 (1.7%)

10 (2.0%)

0.751

Otherg

12 (5.7%)

60 (20.1%)

72 (14.2%)

< 0.001

  1. 1P value from Fisher’s exact test instead of chi-square test
  2. aRenal hypoperfusion included hypotension, hemorrhage, volume depletion, and cardiorenal syndrome
  3. bToxin and poisoning included envenomation, snake bites, wasp or bee stings, and mushroom and pesticide ingestion
  4. cSystemic diseases included connective tissue diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus and vasculitis
  5. dGenitourinary diseases included obstructive uropathy, renal stones, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and malignancy in the kidney, bladder, and ureteral system
  6. eTropical infectious disease included leptospirosis, malaria, scrub typhus, and dengue fever
  7. fObstetric complications included eclampsia or severe preeclampsia, septic abortion, postpartum hemorrhage, ruptured placenta, and hyperemesis gravidarum
  8. gOthers included patients with missing AKI etiologies