Effect of acute kidney injury on weaning from mechanical ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases patients with respiratory failure

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology

Table 6 Relation between sonographic findings and kidney injury among the studied groups

U/S finding after 48 h of admission	Non-AKI (no. = 42)		AKI (no. = 58)		P
U/S finding after 48 h of admission	No.	%	No.	%	P
Normal echogenic kidneys	42	100.0	36	62.07	0.002 (S)
Slight increased echogenicity of the kidneys	0	0.0	16	27.59
Bilateral grade 1 nephropathy	0	0.0	6	10.34