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A Clinical Score to Predict Acute Renal Failure after Cardiac Surgery

Charuhas V. Thakar, Susana Arrigain, Sarah Worley, Jean-Pierre Yared and Emil P. Paganini
JASN January 2005, 16 (1) 162-168; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1681/ASN.2004040331
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    Frequency of acute renal failure (ARF) that requires dialysis corresponding to ARF score in test and validation data sets.

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    Frequency of ARF across risk categories in test and validation sets.

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    Table 1.

    Logistic model parameter estimates, score points, and AUC for each risk factor included in the scoring modela

    Risk FactorEstimate (CI)P ValuePointsAUC for Single Variable
    Female gender0.48 (0.21–0.75)<0.001155.3
    Congestive heart failure0.48 (0.20–0.76)<0.001163.9
    Left ventricular ejection fraction <35%0.39 (0.07–0.71)0.016156.4
    Preoperative use of IABP1.08 (0.49–1.67)<0.001252.6
    COPD0.70 (0.37–1.04)<0.001154.8
    Insulin-requiring diabetes0.40 (0.05–0.76)0.026154.4
    Previous cardiac surgery0.54 (0.28–0.81)<0.001157.5
    Emergency surgery1.13 (0.65–1.60)<0.001254.3
    Surgery type
        valve only0.45 (0.10–0.80)0.013163.3
        CABG + Valve0.86 (0.53–1.19)<0.0012
        other cardiac surgeries1.02 (0.56–1.49)<0.0012
    Preoperative creatinine 1.2 to <2.1 mg/dl0.92 (0.64–1.21)<0.001268.6
    Preoperative creatinine ≥2.1 mg/dl2.66 (2.28–3.04)<0.0015
    • ↵a CI, confidence interval; AUC, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve; IABP, intra-aortic balloon pump; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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    Table 2.

    Categorical risk factors in patients with or without ARF that required dialysisa

    Risk Factors (Test Set: N = 15,838)ARF-Dialysis (N = 269)No ARF (N = 15,569)P Value
    Gender<0.001
        female (n = 4877)111 (41.3%)4766 (30.6%)
        male (n = 10,961)158 (58.7%)10,803 (69.4%)
    Race0.033
        white (n = 14,142)236 (87.7%)13,906 (89.3%)
        black (n = 609)17 (6.3%)592 (3.8%)
        other (n = 1087)16 (6.0%)1071 (6.9%)
    Preoperative intra-aortic balloon pump<0.001
        yes (n = 239)18 (6.7%)221 (1.4%)
        no (n = 15,599)251 (93.3%)15,348 (98.6%)
    Congestive heart failure<0.001
        yes (n = 4,221)145 (53.9%)4076 (26.2%)
        no (n = 11,617)124 (46.1%)11,493 (73.8%)
    Ejection fraction <35%<0.001
        yes (n = 1784)64 (23.8%)1,720 (11.1%)
        no (n = 14,054)205 (76.2%)13,849 (88.9%)
    Surgery<0.001
        CABG (n = 8314)87 (32.3%)8227 (52.8%)
        valve surgery (n = 4068)65 (24.2%)4003 (25.7%)
        CABG + valve (n = 2594)88 (32.7%)2506 (16.1%)
        other cardiac surgery (n = 862)29 (10.8%)833 (5.4%)
    Previous cardiac surgery<0.001
        yes (n = 3444)98 (36.4%)12,223 (78.5%)
        no (n = 12,394)171 (63.6%)3,346 (21.5%)
    Emergency surgery<0.001
        yes (n = 474)31 (11.5%)443 (2.9%)
        no (n = 15,364)238 (88.5%)15,126 (97.2%)
    Diabetes mellitus<0.001
        insulin requiring (n = 1392)47 (17.5%)1345 (8.6%)
        non-insulin requiring (n = 2465)46 (17.1%)2419 (15.5%)
        none (n = 11,981)176 (65.4%)11,805 (75.8%)
    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<0.001
        yes (n = 1326)48 (17.8%)1278 (8.2%)
        no (n = 14,512)221 (82.2%)14,291 (91.8%)
    Peripheral vascular disease<0.001
        yes (n = 1896)57 (21.2%)1839 (11.8%)
        no (n = 13,942)212 (78.8%)13,730 (88.2%)
    Cerebrovascular disease<0.001
        yes (n = 2713)76 (28.3%)2637 (16.9%)
        no (n = 13,125)193 (71.8%)12,932 (83.1%)
    • ↵a ARF, acute renal failure; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting.

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    Risk variables (continuous) in patients with or without ARF that required dialysis

    Risk Factor (Test Set: N = 15,838)ARF-Dialysis (Mean [SD])No ARF (Mean [SD])P Value
    Age (yr)66.7 (12.1)63.6 (12.4)<0.001
    Weight (kg)78.9 (18.9)81.0 (17.2)0.077
    Preoperative creatinine (mg/dl)1.6 (0.9)1.1 (0.4)<0.001
    Cardiopulmonary bypass time (minutes)149.7 (71.8)100.7 (50.1)<0.001
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    Table 4.

    ARF scorea

    Risk FactorPoints
    Female gender1
    Congestive heart failure1
    Left ventricular ejection fraction <35%1
    Preoperative use of IABP2
    COPD1
    Insulin-requiring diabetes1
    Previous cardiac surgery1
    Emergency surgery2
    Valve surgery only (reference to CABG)1
    CABG + valve (reference to CABG)2
    Other cardiac surgeries2
    Preoperative creatinine 1.2 to <2.1 mg/dl (reference to 1.2)2
    Preoperative creatinine ≥2.1 (reference to 1.2)5
    • ↵a Minimum score, 0; maximum score, 17.

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    Table 5.

    Frequency of ARF that required dialysis at various score levels in test and validation sets

    ARF ScoreTest Data SetValidation Data Set
    NARF-Dialysis95% CINARF-Dialysis
    021230.05%0–0.2622430.13%
    127600.29%0.13–0.5727550.33%
    235330.71%0.46–1.0435210.57%
    329491.19%0.83–1.6527241.03%
    418962.06%1.47–2.820002.30%
    512523.04%2.16–4.1412542.63%
    66856.42%4.71–8.536748.01%
    73239.6%6.67–13.353149.87%
    81739.83%5.83–15.2718514.05%
    98221.95%13.56–32.469917.17%
    104012.5%4.19–26.84619.57%
    111421.43%4.66–50.081838.89%
    12757.14%18.41–90.1425.00%
    131100%2.5–1002100%
    Risk categories
        0–284160.4%0.28–0.5685190.4%
        3–560971.8%1.5–2.259781.8%
        6–811817.8%6.3–9.511739.5%
        9–1314421.5%15.1–29.116921.3%
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Charuhas V. Thakar, Susana Arrigain, Sarah Worley, Jean-Pierre Yared, Emil P. Paganini
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