Border-Crossers’ Nephropathy: The Risk of Coming to America

Figures & data

Table 1. Clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients.

Total patients: 42	Mean	Range
Age (in years) (± 8.8)	32.5	18–53
Gender
Males: 38 (90.5%)	32.1	18–53
Females: 4 (9.5%)	36.5	22–53
Days in desert (SD)	4.2 (±1.73)	1–10
Creatinine (initial, mg/dL) (SD)	3.7 (±3.04)	1.0–13.4
CPK (initial, IU/L) (SD)	37,234 (±7870)	1101–447,966
Creatinine (discharge, mg/dL) (SD)	1.4 (±2.07)	0.6–10.6
Length of hospital stay (SD)	4.0 (±3.26)	1–17
AKI stage 1 n = 7
AKI stage 2, n = 10
AKI stage 3, n = 25 (5 required RRT)

Figure 1.  Relationship of creatine kinase (CK) categories to serum creatinine.

Figure 2.  Creatine kinase (CK) and mean length of hospital stay.