Risk factors for and outcomes of acute kidney injury in ward-based hospital trauma admissions: A retrospective cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Guidelines on risk assessment for acute kidney injury (AKI) are generalised and may not adequately consider atypical presentations such as trauma. Older people are largely absent in past studies of AKI after trauma, meaning there is an evidence gap of trauma-associated AKI risk factors in older people.

Methods

We undertook a retrospective analysis of 2,211 ward-level hospital trauma admissions during 2014-2022. We identified risk factors associated with AKI in people aged ≥65 years and <65 years, and established the clinical impact of AKI in older and younger trauma cases.

Results

In those aged ≥65 years, parameters significantly associated with AKI were age, CKD, heart failure, infection, lower limb trauma. In people <65 years, the significant risk factors

SUBMITTER: Kiwan O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12221020 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature