title: Acute kidney injury in children after cardiopulmonary bypass: risk factors and outcome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the incidence, risk factors and outcomes of acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We enrolled 208 patients undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart disease during January 2012 to March 2013. Acute kidney injury was defined as per Acute Kidney Injury Network criteria.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty patients had Acute kidney injury; 14 were infants. Age <1 yr, cardiopulmonary bypass time, prolonged ventilator requirement, pump failure, sepsis and hematological complications were identified as independent risk factors for any degree for acute kidney injury. All patients with acute kidney injury recovered the kidney function at the time of discharge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute kidney injury is common in children after cardiac surgery, especially in infants.
authors.affiliation: Kidney and Urology Institute and *Heart Institute, Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. Correspondence to: Dr Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Consultant, Pediatric Nephrology, Kidney and Urology Institute, Medanta, The Medicity Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. sidsdoc@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sidharth Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sethi
authors.forename: Maneesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Subeeta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bazaz
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kher
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome