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Table 1 Univariate analysis of factors associated with acute kidney injury (AKI) during Polymyxin B in the treatment with CRO infections

From: Efficacy and nephrotoxicity of polymyxin B in elderly patients with carbapenem resistant bacterial infection

Group

Total [n (%)]

AKI occur [n (%)]

P-value

AKI recovery [n (%)]

P-value

Age (y)

 65–75 y

108 (50.2)

35 (32.4)

0.143

15 (42.9)

0.194

 > 75 y

107 (49.8)

45 (42.1)

13 (28.9)

Sex

 Male

148 (68.8)

57 (38.5)

0.557

17 (29.8)

0.127

 Female

67 (31.2)

23 (34.3)

11 (47.8)

APACHEII score

 < 10

35 (16.3)

5 (14.3)

0.001

3 (60.0)

0.059

 10–20

104 (48.4)

36 (34.6)

16 (44.4)

 > 20

76 (35.3)

39 (51.3)

9 (23.1)

Norepinephrine

 No

63 (29.3)

16 (25.4)

0.006

10 (62.5)

0.019

 ≤ 0.1 μg/kg/min

98 (45.6)

35 (35.7)

12 (34.3)

 > 0.1 μg/kg/min

54 (25.1)

29 (53.7)

6 (20.7)

Infection types

 Pneumonia

93 (43.2)

35 (37.6)

0.907

12 (34.3)

1.000

 BSIs

49 (22.8)

20 (40.8)

7 (35)

 Intestinal infection

38 (17.7)

13 (34.2)

5 (38.5)

 Other

35 (16.3)

12 (34.3)

4 (33.3)

Responsible pathogens

 K.P

75 (34.9)

32 (42.7)

0.792

10 (31.3)

0.971

 P.A

57 (26.5)

20 (35.1)

7 (35.0)

 A.B

23 (10.7)

7 (30.4)

3 (42.9)

 E.coli

24 (11.2)

8 (33.3)

3 (37.5)

 Other

36 (16.7)

13 (36.1)

5 (38.5)

Polymyxin B daily dose

 1.5 mg/kg/d

65 (30.2)

17 (26.2)

0.028

5 (29.4)

0.03

 2.0 mg/kg/d

96 (44.7)

36 (37.5)

18 (50.0)

 2.5 mg/kg/d

54 (25.1)

27 (50.0)

5 (18.5)

Initial treatment

 Yes

94 (43.7)

32 (34.0)

0.397

16 (50.0)

0.022

 No

121 (56.3)

48 (39.7)

12 (25.0)

Polymyxin B duration (d)

 3–7 d

64 (29.8)

13 (20.3)

0.001

5 (38.5)

0.045

 8–14 d

73 (33.9)

27 (37.0)

14 (51.9)

 > 14 d

78 (36.3)

40 (51.3)

9 (22.5)

Polymyxin B monotherapy

 Yes

31 (14.4)

10 (32.3)

0.538

4 (40.0)

0.725

 No

184 (85.6)

70 (38.0)

24 (34.3)

Polymyxin B combination

 Combined Carbapenems

40 (21.7)

16 (40.0)

0.925

6 (25.0)

0.872

 Combined Tigecycline

53 (28.8)

20 (37.7)

8 (40.0)

 Tigecycline + fosfomycin

34 (18.5)

12 (35.3)

4 (33.3)

 Carbapenems + tigecycline

22 (12.0)

10 (45.4)

3 (30.0)

 Other

35 (19.0)

12 (34.3)

5 (41.7)

Microbiological eradication

 Yes

95 (44.2)

25 (26.3)

0.003

10 (40.0)

0.527

 No

120 (55.8)

55 (45.8)

18 (32.7)

Clinical outcome

 Cure

109 (50.7)

22 (20.2)

< 0.001

12 (54.5)

0.024

 Failure

106 (49.3)

58 (54.7)

16 (27.6)

Prognosis

 Survival

91 (42.3)

15 (18.8)

0.004

9 (60.0)

0.024

 Death

124 (57.7)

65 (52.4)

19 (29.2)

  1. APACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; A.B.: Acinetobacter baumannii; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, E. coli: Escherichia coli, K.P.: Klebsiella pneumonia, P.A.: Pseudomonas aeruginosa