Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Growth after pediatric and neonatal acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis.
- Acute kidney injury
- Allied health
- Growth
- Medical
- Metabolic, endocrine and renal
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Nutrition and gastrointestinal
Summary
This meta-analysis pooled 17 existing observational cohorts (3,586 children, including neonates and infants) to compare length and weight z-scores in children with and without acute kidney injury. Follow-up ranged from 12 months to 11 years after AKI and included cardiac, transplant and general critically ill populations. Children with AKI had impaired linear growth, with effects most marked in infants. The authors suggest that growth outcomes should be a focus in clinical follow-up and research after AKI.
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