Open AccessFrequency of Acute Kidney Injury in tetanus patients of Paediatric Intensive Care Unit: A public hospital experience
Author(s) -
Faizia Naseem,
Abid Hussain,
Fehmina Arif
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.342.14254
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , tetanus , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , emergency medicine , medical emergency , virology , vaccination
Tetanus is a potentially fatal but preventable disease. Mortality is related to severity of the disease, cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal complications. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and lethal complication of tetanus. The objective was to determine the frequency of AKI in tetanus patients managed in a public hospital.