Abstract
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by a reversible increase in the blood concentration of creatinine and nitrogenous waste products and by the inability of the kidney to regulate fluid and electrolyte homeostasis appropriately. AKI is a serious condition in critically ill patients. The aim of the study was to determine incidence rate, identify risk factors, and describe the clinical outcome of AKI in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). This prospective observational study was conducted in the PICU of a hospital in the South-east Area of Iran (Zahedan City), to study the clinico-etiological profile of AKI (defined according to the AKI network criteria). Over a period of 20 months from April 2012 to December 2014, 303 children were included in the study. Both the groups of patients, those who developed AKI and those who did not develop AKI, were then followed during the course of their hospital stay. There were 303 cases included in the study, with the incidence rate of AKI of 14.9% in PICU. The most common PICU admission diagnoses in AKI were neurologic 85 (%28.05), followed by heart diseases 52 (17.18%) and 31 (10.23%) for respiratory diseases. AKI was 43.5 and 5.4 times more prevalent in renal and endocrine patie...Continue Reading
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