Assessment of South Asian Pediatric Acute Kidney Injury: Epidemiology and Risk Factors (ASPIRE)-a prospective study on "severe dialysis dependent pediatric AKI".
Sidharth Kumar SethiRupesh RainaAhmad SawanSadaf AsimAye Kyawt KhantManoj MatnaniKalaivani GanesanShraddha LohiaRajiv SinhaJubaida RumanaSyed Saimul HaqueSuprita KalraRabia SafdarGopal PrasadIftikhar IjazOmer S AshrufAishwarya NairSavita SKritika SoniDevendra ShresthaShankar YadavAsiri AbeyagunawardenaValerie A LuyckxKhalid A AlhasanAzmeri SultanaPublished in: Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) (2024)
Common causes of AKI in children in South Asia are preventable. Mortality is high among these children suffering from "severe dialysis dependent AKI." Targeted interventions to prevent and identify AKI early and initiate supportive care in less-resourced nations are needed.