EPILAT-IRA Study: A contribution to the understanding of the epidemiology of acute kidney injury in Latin America.
Raúl LombardiAlejandro FerreiroRolando Claure-Del GranadoEmmanuel A BurdmannGuillermo Rosa-DiezLuis YuMauricio Younes-IbrahimCristina CarlinoJonathan S Chávez-IñiguezMariana B PereiraCarlos F VarelaWelder ZamonerDiego JaniquesSoledad LecuederVíctor Cerrón-MillánAlfonso Cueto-Manzanonull nullPublished in: PloS one (2019)
AKI was mainly community-acquired, in patients with comorbidities and linked to fluid loss and nephrotoxic drugs. Mortality was high and long-term follow up poor. Notwithstanding, the study shows partially the situation in the participant countries rather than the actual epidemiology of AKI in Latin America and Caribbean, a pending and needed task.