Open AccessAcute kidney injury in a tertiary care center of South India
Author(s) -
M Edwin Fernando,
R Vairakkani,
Sujith Kumar.S,
TS Harshavardhan,
T Yashwanth Raj
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of nephrology/indian journal of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3662
pISSN - 0971-4065
DOI - 10.4103/ijn.ijn_481_20
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , renal replacement therapy , kidney disease , hemodialysis , renal function , epidemiology , sepsis , stage (stratigraphy) , nephrology , intensive care medicine , paleontology , biology
Data regarding the epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) from our part of the world are limited. The irking consequences of AKI, both on the patient and the health care system, are being increasingly recognized. We aimed to study the epidemiology and short-term outcomes of AKI and to analyze the factors associated with adverse renal outcomes.