Prevalence and Factors Associated with Acute Kidney Injury among Malaria Patients in Dar es Salaam: A Cross-Sectional Study.

M S MuhamedhusseinS GhoshK KhanbhaiE MagangaZ NagriMohamed Manji

Published in: Malaria research and treatment (2019)

Acute kidney injury is a common complication in patient with falciparum malaria. When managed well it has an excellent prognosis and necessitates dialysis in only a minority of patients. Male sex and hemoglobin is associated with AKI at 48 hours and baseline platelet count is associated with AKI at 7 days.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
end stage renal disease
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
cardiac surgery
newly diagnosed
risk factors