Incidence, aetiology and outcomes of obstetric-related acute kidney injury in Malawi: a prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obstetric-related acute kidney injury (AKI) is thought to be a key contributor to the overall burden of AKI in low resource settings, causing significant and preventable morbidity and mortality. However, epidemiological data to corroborate these hypotheses is sparse. This prospective observational study aims to determine the incidence, aetiology and maternal-fetal outcomes of obstetric-related AKI in Malawi.

Methods

Women greater than 20 weeks gestation or less than 6 weeks postpartum admitted to obstetric wards at a tertiary hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, and at high-risk of AKI were recruited between 21st September and 11th December 2015. All participants had serum creatinine tested at enrolment; those with creatinine above normal range (> 82 μmol/L) underwent se

SUBMITTER: Cooke WR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797378 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature