Risk factors and inpatient outcomes associated with acute kidney injury at pediatric severe sepsis presentation.

Julie C FitzgeraldMichelle E RossNeal J ThomasScott L WeissFran BalamuthAmanda Hyre Anderson

Published in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2018)

In pediatric severe sepsis, AKI is associated with age, comorbidities, infection characteristics, and hypotension. Future evaluation of risk factors for AKI progression during sepsis is warranted to minimize AKI progression in this high-risk population.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
cardiac surgery
risk factors
early onset
palliative care
septic shock
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case report
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