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ArticleCritical care (London, England)2020

Two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury are associated with different 90-day mortality and renal recovery.

Renske Wiersema, Sakari Jukarainen, Suvi T Vaara, Meri Poukkanen, Päivi Lakkisto, Hector Wong, Adam Linder, Iwan C C van der Horst, Ville Pettilä

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Article in Critical care (London, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05311046 (Biomarker-enhanced Artificial Intelligence Based Pediatric Sepsis Screening Tool Towards Early Recognition and Personalized Therapeutics), which is not on this map. Cited by 66 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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NCT05311046 not yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Biomarker-enhanced Artificial Intelligence Based Pediatric Sepsis Screening Tool Towards Early Recognition and Personalized Therapeutics

TypeobservationalSponsorComputer Technology Associates, Inc.Ran2026 to 2029Enrolled12,961ConditionsSepsisArmsPediatric sepsis screening tool (either algorithmic or manual)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

66 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 121 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Renske WiersemaDepartment of Critical Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Sakari JukarainenDivision of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Suvi T VaaraDivision of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
Meri PoukkanenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Lapland Central Hospital, Rovaniemi, Finland.
Päivi LakkistoDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Hematology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital and Minerva Foundation Institute for Medical Research, Helsinki, Finland.
Hector WongDivision of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Adam LinderDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Division of Infection Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
Iwan C C van der HorstDepartment of Critical Care, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ville PettiläDivision of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. ville.pettila@hus.fi.
University of Helsinki · FICincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USHelsinki University Hospital · FILapland Central Hospital · FILund University · SEMinerva Foundation · FIUniversity of Groningen · NL

Funding

Academy of Finland 317061Helsingin Yliopisto TYH2013343Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö -
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe pathophysiology of septic acute kidney injury is inadequately understood. Recently, subphenotypes for sepsis and AKI have been derived. The objective of this study was to assess whether a combination of comorbidities, baseline clinical data, and biomarkers could classify meaningful subphenotypes in septic AKI with different outcomes.

methodsWe performed a post hoc analysis of the prospective Finnish Acute Kidney Injury (FINNAKI) study cohort. We included patients admitted with sepsis and acute kidney injury during the first 48 h from admission to intensive care (according to Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome criteria). Primary outcomes were 90-day mortality and renal recovery on day 5. We performed latent class analysis using 30 variables obtained on admission to classify subphenotypes. Second, we used logistic regression to assess the association of derived subphenotypes with 90-day mortality and renal recovery on day 5.

resultsIn total, 301 patients with septic acute kidney injury were included. Based on the latent class analysis, a two-class model was chosen. Subphenotype 1 was assigned to 133 patients (44%) and subphenotype 2 to 168 patients (56%). Increased levels of inflammatory and endothelial injury markers characterized subphenotype 2. At 90 days, 29% of patients in subphenotype 1 and 41% of patients in subphenotype 2 had died. Subphenotype 2 was associated with a lower probability of short-term renal recovery and increased 90-day mortality.

conclusionsIn this post hoc analysis, we identified two subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury with different clinical outcomes. Future studies are warranted to validate the suggested subphenotypes of septic acute kidney injury.

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PhenotypeAcute Kidney InjuryAgedBiomarkersChi-Square DistributionFemaleFinlandHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedRecovery of FunctionSepsisStatistics, NonparametricBiomarkersAcute kidney injuryLCAMortalityRenal recoverySepsisSubphenotypes

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PMID32295614
PMCPMC7161019
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