Epidemiology of Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Children and Young Adults
Author(s) -
Ahmad Kaddourah,
Rajit K. Basu,
Sean M. Bagshaw,
Stuart L. Goldstein
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1611391
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , odds ratio , kidney disease , renal replacement therapy , creatinine , kidney , epidemiology , confidence interval , surgery
The epidemiologic characteristics of children and young adults with acute kidney injury have been described in single-center and retrospective studies. We conducted a multinational, prospective study involving patients admitted to pediatric intensive care units to define the incremental risk of death and complications associated with severe acute kidney injury.
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