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The outcome of patients with acute renal failure (ARF)due to acute tubular necrosis (ATN) was evaluated inthis study. Two hundred and twenty-two patients witha mean age of 55.l ± 17.7 years (range 19–97years; male 153, female 69) who developed ATN in theperiod from July 1991 through January 1997 werestudied. Patients were divided into four groupsaccording to their APACHE II scores at the time of thediagnosis of ATN. Group I included patients with anAPACHE II score of 14 or less (n = 70), Group II with ascore of 15–18 (n = 52), Group III with a score of 19–23(n = 58), and group IV with a score of 24 or above(n = 42). The mean APACHE II score for each of the fourstudy groups was 11 ± 0.4, 16 ± 0.2, 20 ±0.2, and 29 ± 0.7, respectively. Patient survivalwas evaluated by the Kaplan-Meier analysis withcensorship at 12 months. Survival rates at 180 dayswere 67%, 47%, 39%, and zero%, for group I through IV respectively, χ2 = 27.99, p < 0.0001,with a median survival of >365, 120, 31, and 11days, for groups I through IV, respectively.
For patients with oliguria (n = 88) survival at 180days was 23% vs. 58% for patients without oliguria(n = 134), p < 0.0001, median survival 13 vs. 364 d.Six months survival of those who required dialysis(n = 79) was 25% vs. 58% for those whom dialysis wasnot needed (n = 143), p = 0.001, median survival 15 vs.364 d, respectively. In patients with sepsis (n = 58),6 months survival was 35% vs. 50% for those withoutsepsis (n = 164), p = 0.013, median survival 14 vs. 169 d. In patients who required mechanical ventilation(n = 72), 6 months survival was 17% vs. 62% for those whodid not need respiratory support (n = 150), p = 0.0001,median survival 13 vs. > 365 d, respectively. Finally, 6 months survival in patients with one(kidney only), two, three, and four organ failure was76, 30, 11, and zero percent, respectively, p = 0.0001,median survival > 365, 16, 11, and 12 days,respectively.
We conclude that the use of the APACHE II score forthe stratification of the severity of illness could beof clinical utility in predicting mortality inpatients with ATN. Other predictors of poor prognosisinclude the need for dialysis, the presence ofoliguria, the need for mechanical ventilation, thepresence of sepsis, and the number of failed organs.
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El-Shahawy, M.A., Agbing, L.U. & Badillo, E. Severity of illness scores and the outcome of acute tubular necrosis. Int Urol Nephrol 32, 185–191 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007177130883
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