Acute kidney injury in the pediatric ICU of a tertiary care hospital: Cross sectional observational study
Journal Title: Journal Of Pediatric Critical Care - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Acute kidney injury shown to be commonest complication in critically ill children admitted to the PICU. KDIGO classifi cation and defi nition now used universally. We undertook prospective observational study to study the etiology and maximum stage of AKI as defi ned by KDIGO, its complications and outcomes.
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Suprita Kalra, Punam Bajracharya, Sandeep Dhingra, Amit Sood
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- DOI 10.21304/2018.0506.00451
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