Open AccessThe main etiologies of acute Kidney injury in the newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Hossein Emad Momtaz,
Mohammad Kazem Sabzehei,
Bahman Rasuli,
Saadat Torabian
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical neonatology/journal of clinical neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1658-6093
pISSN - 2249-4847
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4847.134691
Subject(s) - medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , etiology , acute kidney injury , intensive care unit , intensive care medicine , pediatrics
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most common diseases among the newborns hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), which is usually resulted from predisposing factors including sepsis, hypovolemia, asphyxia, respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), and heart failure. The goal of this study was to assess main etiologies, relevant risk factors, and early outcome of neonatal AKI.