Reply to: Acute kidney injury and intra-abdominal hypertension in burn patients in intensive care - Critical Care Science (CCS)
Rev Bras Ter Intensiva. 2019;31(3):430-431
The authors would like to express thanks for the comments and the opportunity to clarify the study points published in the Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva() about the incorporation of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) monitoring in clinical practice.
Regarding the investigation of the use of glycopeptides, the authors clarify that this variable was treated as a potential confounding factor for the outcome “acute renal injury”, which was explored in the study. This class of antimicrobials is known to be nephrotoxic(,) and is widely used in our critically ill adult patients. Thus, this variable was included in the univariate analysis model together with other potentially confounding variables for the same outcome.
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The authors would like to express thanks for the comments and the opportunity to clarify the study points published in the Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva() about the incorporation of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) monitoring in clinical practice.
Regarding the investigation of the use of glycopeptides, the authors clarify that this variable was treated as a potential confounding factor for the outcome "acute renal injury", which was explored in the study. This class of antimicrobials is known to be nephrotoxic(,) and is widely used in our critically ill adult patients. Thus, this variable was included in the univariate analysis model together with other potentially confounding variables for the same outcome.
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