Evidence · Research paper
Neonatal AKI profile using KDIGO guidelines: A cohort study in tertiary care hospital ICU of Lahore, Pakistan.
- Acute kidney injury
- Medical
- Metabolic, endocrine and renal
Summary
Single-centre cohort study from a tertiary NICU in Lahore, Pakistan, describing the incidence and risk factors of acute kidney injury in sick neonates defined using KDIGO criteria. About one-third of admitted neonates developed AKI. Identified risk factors included outborn birth, birth asphyxia, inotrope use, antenatal steroids, central lines, necrotising enterocolitis and intracranial haemorrhage. AKI was associated with longer hospital stay and higher mortality.
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