The clinical relevance of oliguria in the critically ill patient: analysis of a large observational database.
(2020) Critical Care — Vol. 24, n° 1, p. 171 [1-14] (2020)
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- (en) BACKGROUND: Urine output is widely used as one of the criteria for the diagnosis and staging of acute renal failure, but few studies have specifically assessed the role of oliguria as a marker of acute renal failure or outcomes in general intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Using a large multinational database, we therefore evaluated the occurrence of oliguria (defined as a urine output < 0.5 ml/kg/h) in acutely ill patients and its association with the need for renal replacement therapy (RRT) and outcome. METHODS: International observational study. All adult (> 16 years) patients in the ICON audit who had a urine output measurement on the day of admission were included. To investigate the association between oliguria and mortality, we used a multilevel analysis. RESULTS: Of the 8292 patients included, 2050 (24.7%) were oliguric during the first 24 h of admission. Patients with oliguria on admission who had at least one additional 24-h urine output recorded during their ICU stay (n = 1349) were divided into three groups: transient-oliguria resolved within 48 h after the admission day (n = 390 [28.9%]), prolonged-oliguria resolved > 48 h after the admission day (n = 141 [10.5%]), and permanent-oliguria persisting for the whole ICU stay or again present at the end of the ICU stay (n = 818 [60.6%]). ICU and hospital mortality rates were higher in patients with oliguria than in those without, except for patients with transient oliguria who had significantly lower mortality rates than non-oliguric patients. In multilevel analysis, the need for RRT was associated with a significantly higher risk of death (OR = 1.51 [95% CI 1.19-1.91], p = 0.001), but the presence of oliguria on admission was not (OR = 1.14 [95% CI 0.97-1.34], p = 0.103). CONCLUSIONS: Oliguria is common in ICU patients and may have a relatively benign nature if only transient. The duration of oliguria and need for RRT are associated with worse outcome.
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Vincent, J.-L., Ferguson, A., Pickkers, P., Jakob, S. M., Jaschinski, U., Almekhlafi, G. A., Leone, M., Mokhtari, M., Fontes, L. E., Bauer, P. R., & Sakr, Y. (2020). The clinical relevance of oliguria in the critically ill patient: analysis of a large observational database. Critical Care, 24(1), 171 [1-14]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-02858-x (Original work published 2020)