Hongbin Hu1, Lulan Li1, Yuan Zhang1, Tong Sha1, Qiaobing Huang2, Xiaohua Guo2, Shengli An3, Zhongqing Chen1, Zhenhua Zeng1. 1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. 2. Department of Pathophysiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Shock and Microcirculation, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. 3. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is a common problem in critically ill patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Early prediction of the survival of hospitalized patients with SA-AKI is necessary, but a reliable and valid prediction model is still lacking. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis based on a training cohort of 2,066 patients enrolled from the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care Database III (MIMIC III) and a validation cohort of 102 patients treated at Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to identify predictors for survival. Areas under the ROC curves (AUC), the concordance index (C-index), and calibration curves were used to evaluate the efficiency of the prediction model (SAKI) in both cohorts. RESULTS: The overall mortality of SA-AKI was approximately 18%. Age, admission type, liver disease, metastatic cancer, lactate, BUN/SCr, admission creatinine, positive culture, and AKI stage were independently associated with survival and combined in the SAKI model. The C-index in the training and validation cohorts was 0.73 and 0.72. The AUC in the training cohort was 0.77, 0.72, and 0.70 for the 7-day, 14-day, and 28-day probability of in-hospital survival, respectively, while in the external validation cohort, it was 0.83, 0.73, and 0.67. SAPSII and SOFA scores showed poorer performance. Calibration curves demonstrated a good consistency. CONCLUSIONS: Our SAKI model has predictive value for in-hospital mortality of SA-AKI in critically ill patients and outperforms generic scores.
BACKGROUND: Sepsis-associated acute kidney injury (SA-AKI) is a common problem in critically ill patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Early prediction of the survival of hospitalized patients with SA-AKI is necessary, but a reliable and valid prediction model is still lacking. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort analysis based on a training cohort of 2,066 patients enrolled from the Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care Database III (MIMIC III) and a validation cohort of 102 patients treated at Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University. Least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) regression and multivariate Cox regression analysis were used to identify predictors for survival. Areas under the ROC curves (AUC), the concordance index (C-index), and calibration curves were used to evaluate the efficiency of the prediction model (SAKI) in both cohorts. RESULTS: The overall mortality of SA-AKI was approximately 18%. Age, admission type, liver disease, metastatic cancer, lactate, BUN/SCr, admission creatinine, positive culture, and AKI stage were independently associated with survival and combined in the SAKI model. The C-index in the training and validation cohorts was 0.73 and 0.72. The AUC in the training cohort was 0.77, 0.72, and 0.70 for the 7-day, 14-day, and 28-day probability of in-hospital survival, respectively, while in the external validation cohort, it was 0.83, 0.73, and 0.67. SAPSII and SOFA scores showed poorer performance. Calibration curves demonstrated a good consistency. CONCLUSIONS: Our SAKI model has predictive value for in-hospital mortality of SA-AKI in critically ill patients and outperforms generic scores.