title: Azotemia in cancer patients during inpatient rehabilitation.
abstract: This paper presents a study of the relationship between prerenal azotemia and rehabilitation outcomes of cancer patients. A retrospective chart review of 70 patients who underwent inpatient rehabilitation in a tertiary cancer center was undertaken. Eight patients with creatinine values >1.5 were excluded. The remaining 62 patients were divided into 2 groups according to the blood urea nitrogen/creatinine (BUN/Cr) ratio: 27 (44%) in the prerenal azotemia group (BUN/Cr > or = 20) and 35 (56%) in the non-azotemic group (BUN/Cr < 20). Age, gender, <10 g/dL of hemoglobin, co-morbidity (diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension), discharge destiny and median rehabilitation length of stay were not significantly different in these 2 groups. Prerenal azotemia was present in a significant number of cancer patients, but it did not impact the length of rehabilitation stay or discharge destiny.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Care and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombeboulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA. yguo@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hainley
authors.forename: J Lynn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bruera
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D053099:Azotemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D015897:Comorbidity; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003681:Dehydration / Q000209:etiology; D048909:Diabetes Complications / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D011228:Prealbumin / Q000378:metabolism; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013781:Texas / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D011228:Prealbumin; D003404:Creatinine