Racial and health insurance disparities in pediatric acute kidney injury in the USA
Author(s) -
Erica C. Bjornstad,
Stephen W. Marshall,
Amy K. Mottl,
Keisha Gibson,
Yvonne M. Golightly,
Anthony Charles,
Emily W. Gower
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1432-198X
pISSN - 0931-041X
DOI - 10.1007/s00467-020-04470-1
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrology , acute kidney injury , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , family medicine , emergency medicine , environmental health , medical emergency
Acute kidney injury (AKI) significantly increases morbidity and mortality for hospitalized children, yet sociodemographic risk factors for pediatric AKI are poorly described. We examined sociodemographic differences in pediatric AKI amongst a national cohort of hospitalized children.
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