Open AccessAssessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury, Renal Angina and Epidemiology in Critically Ill Children (AWARE): A Prospective Study to Improve Diagnostic Precision
Author(s) -
Rajit K. Basu,
Ahmad Kaddourah,
Tara Terrell,
Theresa Mottes,
P Arnold,
Judd Jacobs,
Jennifer Andringa,
Melissa Armor,
Lauren Hayden,
Stuart L. Goldstein
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical trials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2167-0870
DOI - 10.4172/2167-0870.1000222
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , intensive care medicine , renal replacement therapy , creatinine , urinary system , prospective cohort study , intensive care , biomarker , kidney disease , emergency medicine , biochemistry , chemistry
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with poor outcomes in critically ill children. Recent international consensus panels recommend standardized classification systems to improve the precision of AKI diagnosis, but there is a paucity of data to enable this refinement, particularly in pediatric critical care.