Open AccessObstetric Acute Kidney Injury; A Three Year Experience at a Medical College Hospital in North Karnataka,India
Author(s) -
Archana Dambal,
K S Lakshmi,
G Gorikhan,
S Padaki
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12897.5634
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , dialysis , incidence (geometry) , placental abruption , pregnancy , obstetrics , caesarean section , gestational age , pediatrics , surgery , gestation , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Acute kidney injury is a rare and sometimes fatal complication of pregnancy, the incidence of which has been declining worldwide, though still high in developing countries. There are recent observations of increasing incidence in some developed countries attributed to hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.