Electrolyte and mineral disturbances in septic acute kidney injury patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy

Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Sep;95(36):e4542. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004542.

Abstract

Electrolyte and mineral disturbances remain a major concern in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT); however, it is not clear whether those imbalances are associated with adverse outcomes in patients with septic acute kidney injury (AKI) undergoing CRRT. We conducted a post-hoc analysis of data from a prospective randomized controlled trial. A total of 210 patients with a mean age of 62.2 years (136 [64.8%] males) in 2 hospitals were enrolled. Levels of sodium, potassium, calcium, and phosphate measured before (0 hour) and 24 hours after CRRT initiation. Before starting CRRT, at least 1 deficiency and excess in electrolytes or minerals were observed in 126 (60.0%) and 188 (67.6%) patients, respectively. The excess in these parameters was greatly improved, whereas hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia became more prevalent at 24 hours after CRRT. However, 1 and 2 or more deficiencies in those parameters at the 2 time points were not associated with mortality. However, during 28 days, 89 (71.2%) deaths occurred in patients with phosphate levels at 0 hour of ≥4.5 mg/dL as compared with 49 (57.6%) in patients with phosphate levels <4.5 mg/dL. The 90-day mortality was also significantly higher in patients with hyperphosphatemia. Similarly, in 184 patients who survived at 24 hours after CRRT, hyperphosphatemia conferred a 2.2-fold and 2.6-fold increased risk of 28- and 90-day mortality, respectively. The results remained unaltered when the serum phosphate level was analyzed as a continuous variable. Electrolyte and mineral disturbances are common, and hyperphosphatemia may predict poor prognosis in septic AKI patients undergoing CRRT.

Publication types

  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Acute Kidney Injury / blood*
  • Acute Kidney Injury / complications
  • Acute Kidney Injury / mortality
  • Aged
  • Electrolytes / blood*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperphosphatemia / blood
  • Hyperphosphatemia / etiology
  • Hyperphosphatemia / mortality
  • Length of Stay
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Renal Replacement Therapy / adverse effects
  • Renal Replacement Therapy / methods*
  • Renal Replacement Therapy / mortality
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • Sepsis / blood
  • Sepsis / complications
  • Trace Elements / blood

Substances

  • Electrolytes
  • Trace Elements