Pediatrics: Acute kidney injury leads to pediatric patient mortality.
Data are lacking on the impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children admitted to an intensive care unit. Schneider and colleagues have now performed a large-scale assessment of the use of the rIFle criteria for characterizing AKI in children and have determined the mortality and morbidity associated with AKI in this patient group.
Goldstein
Stuart L
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Devarajan
Prasad
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000401:mortality*; D002648:Child; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009017:Morbidity