Acute kidney injury in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Incidence, risk factors, and outcome.
Sheetal GuptaGhanshyam Singh SengarPraveen K MetiAnil LahotiMukesh BeniwalMurlidhar KumawatPublished in: Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (2016)
AKI is common in critically sick children, especially in younger age and in females with septicemia and MODS. Use of VD and ND and need of MV are common risk factors. AKI is associated with longer hospital stay and higher mortality. pRIFLE is better diagnostic criteria in early detection of AKI and reduction of their morbidity and mortality.