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Table 2 Anatomical and physiological study variables collected at 0.5h, according to RIFLE classification

From: Determinants of acute kidney injury during high-power mechanical ventilation: secondary analysis from experimental data

Variable

NO AKI

(n: 27)

RIFLE 1-Risk

(n: 18)

RIFLE 2-Injury

(n: 18)

RIFLE 3-Failure

(n: 15)

p-value

Respiratory variables

     

 Tidal volume (mL)

401 (± 215)

422 (± 189)

441 (± 201)

397 (± 197)

0.903

 Respiratory rate (bpm)

29 (± 11)

26 (± 11)

26 (± 9)

21 (± 9)

0.084

 Mean airway pressure (cmH2O)

14.2 (± 6.2)

16.2 (± 6.9)

20.7 (± 9.7)

26.2 (± 10.1)

 < 0.001

 PEEP measured (cmH2O)

8.4 (± 5.5)

10.1 (± 6.5)

13.1 (± 7.5)

19.9 (± 8.3)

 < 0.001

 Driving pressure (cmH2O)

5.5 (± 2.2)

6.5 (± 2.25)

7.7 (± 3.8)

5.4 (± 2.0)

0.027

 Mean pleural pressure (cmH2O)

6.7 (± 2.7)

6.3 (± 3.6)

7.2 (± 1.9)

7.3 (± 3.4)

0.742

 Stress-Transpulmonary pressure (mmHg)

7.8 (± 4.2)

10.6 (± 5.2)

13.6 (± 7.9)

13.8 (± 6.7)

0.004

 Strain, fraction

1.13 (± 0.54)

1.21 (± 0.49)

1.20 (± 0.47)

1.02 (± 0.37)

0.687

 Airway resistance (cmH2O*min/L)

0.17 (± 0.07)

0.19 (± 0.07)

0.20 (± 0.07)

0.23 (± 0.08)

0.060

 Elastance, respiratory system (cmH2O/mL)

39.7 (± 11.9)

43.0 (± 12.6)

54.0 (± 28.3)

60.6 (± 25.1)

0.005

 Elastance, lung (cmH2O/mL)

20.9 (± 10.2)

26.1 (± 8.9)

35.6 (± 27.2)

45.3 (± 21.5)

 < 0.001

 Elastance, chest-wall (cmH2O/mL)

18.8 (± 5.7)

17.0 (± 7.5)

18.5 (± 4.4)

15.3 (± 10.5)

0.435

 Specific elastance

7.2 (± 3.5)

8.9 (± 3.8)

12.3 (± 8.8)

15.1 (± 7.9)

0.001

 Mechanical power, respiratory system (J/min)

20.3 (± 9.4)

22.8 (± 11.4)

30.5 (± 10.7)

25.0 (± 7.8)

0.011

 Mechanical power, lung (J/min)

13.1 (± 6.7)

16.3 (± 7.8)

22.1 (± 8.5)

22.4 (± 17.7)

0.010

Hemodynamic

     

 Heart rate (bpm)

107 (± 24)

122 (± 21)

135 (± 27)

142 (± 30)

 < 0.001

 Mean arterial pressure (mmHg)

78 (± 10)

81 (± 14)

80 (± 14)

71 (± 7)

0.082

 Central venous pressure (mmHg)

10 (± 4)

10 (± 5)

11 (± 5)

11 (± 3)

0.613

 Mean perfusion pressure (mmHg)

69 (± 10)

70 (± 13)

69 (± 15)

60 (± 8)

0.066

 Mean pulmonary artery pressure (mmHg)

23 (± 5)

24 (± 9)

27 (± 8)

31 (± 7)

0.016

 Cardiac output (L/min)

4.24 (± 1.17)

4.14 (± 0.83)

4.03 (± 1.44)

4.25 (± 1.24)

0.943

 Central venous oxygen saturation (%)

83 (± 7)

88 (± 6)

83 (± 8)

79 (± 10)

0.028

 Lactates (mg/dL)

1.00 (± 0.54)

1.11 (± 0.51)

1.17 (± 0.91)

1.40 (± 1.12)

0.440

 Infused catecholamines (mcg/Kg)

0.013 (± 0.029)

0.023 (± 0.045)

0.072 (± 0.114)

0.075 (± 0.056)

0.005

 Blood gas analysis

     

 PaO2 (mmHg)

232 (± 26)

248 (± 18)

246 (± 20)

238 (± 22)

0.336

 PaCO2 (mmHg)

27 (± 9)

26 (± 9)

26 (± 12)

32 (± 14)

0.093

 pH

7.65 (± 0.14)

7.70 (± 0.10)

7.69 (± 0.13)

7.60 (± 0.16)

0.143

  1. p-value computed by one-way ANOVA