Prognosis

• have acute stroke or seizure ^b
• have acute myocardial infarction ^b
• have oliguria ^b
• are male ^b
• are on mechanical ventilation ^b
• have sepsis ^b

Why?

Recent strokes, seizures, heart attacks or the presence of oliguria increases the risk of dying

Patient b	Prognostic Factor	Outcome	CER	OR (95% CI)	NNF+ (95% CI)
acute renal failure	acute stroke or seizure independent	death at 60 days	45% (41% to 49%)	7.35 (1.92 to 28.1)	2 (2 to 6)
	acute myocardial infarction independent			5.90 (2.43 to 14.4)	3 (2 to 5)
	oliguria independent			4.39 (2.09 to 9.24)	3 (2 to 6)
	male independent			3.70 (1.75 to 7.82)	3 (2 to 7)
	mechanical ventilation independent			2.95 (1.53 to 5.68)	4 (3 to 9)