Etiology and outcome of acute kidney injury in children


DÜZOVA A., Bakkaloglu A., KALYONCU M., Poyrazoglu H., Delibas A., Ozkaya O., ...More

PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, vol.25, no.8, pp.1453-1461, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00467-010-1541-y
  • Journal Name: PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1453-1461
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The aim of this prospective, multicenter study was to define the etiology and clinical features of acute kidney injury (AKI) in a pediatric patient cohort and to determine prognostic factors. Pediatric-modified RIFLE (pRIFLE) criteria were used to classify AKI. The patient cohort comprised 472 pediatric patients (264 males, 208 females), of whom 32.6% were newborns (median age 3 days, range 1-24 days), and 67.4% were children aged > 1 month (median 2.99 years, range 1 month-18 years). The most common medical conditions were prematurity (42.2%) and congenital heart disease (CHD, 11.7%) in newborns, and malignancy (12.9%) and CHD (12.3%) in children aged > 1 month. Hypoxic/ischemic injury and sepsis were the leading causes of AKI in both age groups. Dialysis was performed in 30.3% of newborns and 33.6% of children aged > 1 month. Mortality was higher in the newborns (42.6 vs. 27.9%; p < 0.005). Stepwise multiple regression analysis revealed the major independent risk factors to be mechanical ventilation [relative risk (RR) 17.31, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 4.88-61.42], hypervolemia (RR 12.90, 95% CI 1.97-84.37), CHD (RR 9.85, 95% CI 2.08-46.60), and metabolic acidosis (RR 7.64, 95% CI 2.90-20.15) in newborns and mechanical ventilation (RR 8.73, 95% CI 3.95-19.29), hypoxia (RR 5.35, 95% CI 2.26-12.67), and intrinsic AKI (RR 4.91, 95% CI 2.04-11.78) in children aged > 1 month.