Open AccessIncidence, clinical predictors and outcome of acute renal failure among North Indian trauma patients
Author(s) -
Medha,
Arulselvi Subramanian,
Ravindra Mohan Pandey,
Chhavi Sawhney,
Ashish Dutt Upadhayay,
Venencia Albert
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.106321
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , creatinine , acute kidney injury , retrospective cohort study , shock (circulatory) , injury severity score , surgery , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , physics , optics
There is a need for identifying risk factors aggravating development of acute renal failure after attaining trauma and defining new parameters for better assessment and management. Aim of the study was to determine the incidence of acute renal failure among trauma patients, and its correlation with various laboratory and clinical parameters recorded at the time of admission and in-hospital mortality.