Impact of timing of renal replacement therapy initiation on outcome of septic acute kidney injury

Yu Hsiang Chou, Tao Min Huang, Vin Cent Wu, Cheng Yi Wang, Chih Chung Shiao, Chun Fu Lai, Hung Bin Tsai, Chia Ter Chao, Guang Huar Young, Wei Jei Wang, Tze Wah Kao, Shuei Liong Lin, Yin Yi Han, Anne Chou, Tzu Hsin Lin, Ya Wen Yang, Yung Ming Chen, Pi Ru Tsai, Yu Feng Lin, Jenq Wen HuangWen Chih Chiang, Nai Kuan Chou, Wen Je Ko*, Kwan Dun Wu, Tun Jun Tsai

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Abstract

Introduction: Sepsis is the leading cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critical patients. The optimal timing of initiating renal replacement therapy (RRT) in septic AKI patients remains controversial. The objective of this study is to determine the impact of early or late initiation of RRT, as defined using the simplified RIFLE (risk, injury, failure, loss of kidney function, and end-stage renal failure) classification (sRIFLE), on hospital mortality among septic AKI patients.Methods: Patient with sepsis and AKI requiring RRT in surgical intensive care units were enrolled between January 2002 and October 2009. The patients were divided into early (sRIFLE-0 or -Risk) or late (sRIFLE-Injury or -Failure) initiation of RRT by sRIFLE criteria. Cox proportional hazard ratios for in hospital mortality were determined to assess the impact of timing of RRT.Results: Among the 370 patients, 192 (51.9%) underwent early RRT and 259 (70.0%) died during hospitalization. The mortality rate in early and late RRT groups were 70.8% and 69.7% respectively (P > 0.05). Early dialysis did not relate to hospital mortality by Cox proportional hazard model (P > 0.05). Patients with heart failure, male gender, higher admission creatinine, and operation were more likely to be in the late RRT group. Cox proportional hazard model, after adjustment with propensity score including all patients based on the probability of late RRT, showed early dialysis was not related to hospital mortality. Further model matched patients by 1:1 fashion according to each patient's propensity to late RRT showed no differences in hospital mortality according to head-to-head comparison of demographic data (P > 0.05).Conclusions: Use of sRIFLE classification as a marker poorly predicted the benefits of early or late RRT in the context of septic AKI. In the future, more physiologically meaningful markers with which to determine the optimal timing of RRT initiation should be identified.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberR134
JournalCritical Care
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 06 06 2011
Externally publishedYes

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