Table 1 Patient characteristics and laboratory measurements of patients with rhabdomyolysis and septic shock.

From: Angiopoietin-2 adsorption attempt with the cytokine adsorber cytosorb in critically ill patients

 

Whole cohort

Patients with septic shock

Patients with rhabdomyolysis

p-value

n (%) or median [IQR]

 

Patient characteristics

Number of patients

26

9

17

 

Age (years)

54 [41; 63]

56 [48; 64]

51 [39; 62]

0.367

Gender: male/female

20 (77)/6 (23)

7 (78)/2 (22)

13 (76)/4 (24)

0.668

Weight (kg)

80 [74; 94]

75 [70; 80]

80 [75; 110]

0.263

Height (m)

1.79 [1.72; 1.84]

1.8 [1.72; 1.85]

1.77 [1.72; 1.82]

0.833

BMI (kg/m2)

25 [22; 30]

25 [23; 26]

26 [22; 33]

0.241

28-days mortality

15 (58)

7 (78)

8 (47)

0.138

SAPS-II at the day of treatment

72 [61; 80]

62 [59; 72]

76 [62; 82]

0.065

Renal replacement therapy

CVVHD (CiCa®)/ CVVHDF (MultiBic®, post-dilution)

17 (65)/9 (35)

3 (33)/6 (67)

14 (82)/3 (18)

0.02

Blood flow (ml/min)

100 [100; 200]

150 [100; 250]

100 [100; 200]

0.241

Dialysate flow (ml/h)

2000 [2000; 2000]

2000 [2000; 2500]

2000 [2000; 2000]

0.916

Substitute flow (if CVVHDF)

1900 [0; 2000]

1800 [0; 2000]

1001 [1000; 2250]

0.6

Ultrafiltration (ml/h)

50 [0; 125]

0 [0; 135]

75 [0; 127.5]

0.187

Urine output during treatment

0 [0; 20]

0 [0; 50]

0 [0; 20]

0.491

Time on dialysis before CS (h)

48.2 [15,3; 202,6]

11.8 [0; 252]

69.3 [30,3; 227,3]

0.077

Time between ICU admission and start CS (h)

133.3 [25.5; 308]

35 [13.7; 486]

162 [44.3; 471.5]

0.225

Laboratory parameters shortly before initiation of cytosorb

Angiopoietin-2 (pg/ml)

21,653 [11,185;

33,839]

31,916 [14,017; 36,448]

20,661 [10,953; 31,680]

0.241

Creatinine (mg/dl)

1.9 [1.5; 2.5]

1.9 [1.1; 2.3]

1.8 [1.5; 2.5]

0.56

Urea (mg/dl)

75 [48; 100]

38 [30; 63]

86 [57; 100]

0.034

Lactate (mmol/l)

2.3 [1.7; 6.7]

5.3 [2.3; 9.7]

2.0 [1.7; 4.2]

0.181

IL-6 (pg/ml)

678 [67; 5607]

10,092 [2520; 27,383]

83 [51; 654]

< 0.001

CRP (mg/dl)

8.8 [4.0; 15.9]

26 [3.2; 36]

7.4 [4.7; 12]

0.312

LDH (U/l)

1338 [554; 1940]

1257 [523; 1749]

1370 [660; 1962]

0.56

Bilirubin (mg/dl)

3,2 [1,5; 8,4]

3.2 [0.8; 3.5]

3.1 [1.7; 10.8]

0.525

Myoglobin (ng/ml)

17,130 [8400; 89,741]

7700 [894; 12,791]

44,666 [11,985; 106,009]

0.018

Creatinkinase (U/l)

4761.5 [840; 20,226.5]

1628 [97; 22,000]

14,466 [1363; 22,000]

0.063

Clinical parameters shortly before initiation of cytosorb

Norepinephrine dosage (µg/kg/min)

0.24 [0.11; 0.41]

0.38 [0.27; 0.62]

0.15 [0.07; 0.38]

0.039

Fluid balance on day of CS treatment (ml/24 h)

2615 [1022; 5720]

6063 [3377; 7773]

1173 [464; 4350]

0.011

  1. BMI, body mass index; SAPS-II, Simplified Acute Physiology Score; CVVHD(F), continuous veno-venous hemodialysis/hemodiafiltration; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; CRP, C-reactive protein.