Acute kidney injury in children hospitalized for community acquired pneumonia.
Pierluigi MarzuilloVincenza PezzellaStefano GuarinoAnna Di SessaMaria BaldascinoCesare PolitoEmanuele Miraglia Del GiudiceFelice NunziataPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2021)
About 1/5 of children hospitalized for CAP present a generally mild AKI with a longer stay for those with more severe AKI. Attention should be paid to kidney health of children with CAP especially in presence of higher duration of symptoms before hospitalization, severe pneumonia and higher serum CRP levels.