Epidemiological profile of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units: A Prospective Brazilian Cohort.

Antônio José Inda-Filho Heitor Siqueira RibeiroEdilene Almeida VieiraAparecido Pimentel Ferreira

Published in: Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia : 'orgao oficial de Sociedades Brasileira e Latino-Americana de Nefrologia (2021)

Patients with AKI had higher mortality rates when compared to those without AKI. Likewise, among patients with AKI, higher disease stages were associated with higher death occurrences. AKI incidence (21.3%) and mortality (25.7%) in our study is in line with the largest meta-analysis ever conducted, in which incidence and mortality of 21.6 and 23.9% were observed, respectively. These findings confirm the importance of establishing the KDIGO guideline for the definition and management of AKI in Brazilian ICUs.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
risk factors
cardiovascular events
systematic review
intensive care unit
type diabetes
meta analyses
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation