Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The epidemiologic characteristics of children and young adults with acute kidney injury have been described in single-center and retrospective studies. We conducted a multinational, prospective study involving patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units to define the incremental risk of death and complications associated with severe acute kidney injury.

Methods

We used the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria to define acute kidney injury. Severe acute kidney injury was defined as stage 2 or 3 acute kidney injury (plasma creatinine level ≥2 times the baseline level or urine output <0.5 ml per kilogram of body weight per hour for ≥12 hours) and was assessed for the first 7 days of intensive care. All patients 3 months to 25 years of age who we

SUBMITTER: Kaddourah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5322803 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature