Renal Protection
Conditions
Brief summary
Offering renal protection in systemic inflammatory response syndrome by atorvastatin
Interventions
oral atorvastatin for renal protection
tablet resembles atorvastatin
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients ( male and female) with systemic inflammatory response ( total leucocytic count \>12,000 mm3'. temperature \>38 C, Heart rate \>90 b/min and respiratory rate\>20 cycle).
Exclusion criteria
* Hemodynamic instability * Pre-admission chronic kidney disease. * Intra-vascular coagulopathy * Patients with myopathy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acute kidney injury | one week | incidence or acute kidney injury |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| renal resistive vascular index | one week | renal resistive index |
| APACHE score ( acute physiology and chronic health evaluation) | one week | acute physiology and chronic health evaluation, values below 40 are considered normal while values between 41 and 71 are considered abnormal . |
| length of ICU stay | two weeks | days of ICU admission |
Countries
Egypt