Patient characteristics
AKI, reduced urinary output
Of the 488 patients enrolled in the trial, data were missing for 9 patients, and thus, 479 were included in the final analysis: 205 (42%) patients were included in group 1 (creatinine elevation only), 174 (35.5%) in group 2 (reduced urinary output only) and 100 (20.5%) in group 3 (creatinine elevation plus reduced urinary output).The comparison of the baseline characteristics across groups is shown in Table The comparison of the baseline characteristics across groups is shown in Table Patient characteristics according to the criterion used to diagnose AKI (IDEAL-ICU trial)There were significant differences between groups in the baseline characteristics (Table 