A prospective study of the demographics, management and outcome of patients with acute kidney injury in Cape Town, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To study the demographics and outcome of acute kidney injury (AKI) at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.

Methods and findings

A prospective observational study of AKI fulfilling the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes definition, from 8 July 2012 to 8 July 2013. Ethics approval was granted by the University of Cape Town Human Research Ethics Committee. Consent was waived because patient data was de-identified and patient management was not adversely affected by the study. A clerking sheet was used for data collection. Patients were reassessed after 3 months. Main outcomes were renal recovery and 3 month mortality. Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression were carried out for risk factors. Over this period there were 10,750 hospital

SUBMITTER: Dlamini TAL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5453519 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature