• Natalja L Stanski, Bin Zhang, Natalie Z Cvijanovich, Julie C Fitzgerald, Michael T Bigham, Parag N Jain, Adam J Schwarz, Riad Lutfi, Geoffrey L Allen, Neal J Thomas, Torrey Baines, Bereketeab Haileselassie, Scott L Weiss, Mihir R Atreya, Andrew J Lautz, Basilia Zingarelli, Stephen W Standage, Jennifer Kaplan, and Stuart L Goldstein.
• Division of Critical Care Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.
• Pediatr Crit Care Me. 2024 Nov 1; 25 (11): 100510161005-1016.

ObjectivesWe previously derived the updated Pediatric Sepsis Biomarker Risk for Acute Kidney Injury (PERSEVERE-II AKI) prediction model, which had robust diagnostic test characteristics for severe AKI on day 3 (D3 severe AKI) of septic shock. We now sought to validate this model in an independent cohort of children to the one in which the model was developed.DesignA secondary analysis of a multicenter, prospective, observational study carried out from January 2019 to December 2022.SettingTen PICUs in the United States.PatientsChildren with septic shock 1 week to 18 years old admitted to the PICU.InterventionsNone.Measurements And Main ResultsSeventy-nine of 363 patients (22%) had D3 severe AKI, defined as Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes stage 2 or higher. Patients were assigned a probability of D3 severe AKI using the PERSEVERE-II AKI model. The model predicted D3 severe AKI with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.89 (95% CI, 0.85-0.93), sensitivity of 77% (95% CI, 66-86%), specificity of 88% (95% CI, 84-92%), positive predictive value of 65% (95% CI, 54-74%), and negative predictive value of 93% (95% CI, 89-96%). These data represent an increase in post-test probability of D3 severe AKI with a positive test from 22% to 65%, and a prevalence threshold of 28%. On multivariable regression, the PERSEVERE-II AKI prediction model demonstrated greater adjusted odds ratio (aOR) for D3 severe AKI (aOR, 11.2; 95% CI, 4.9-25.3) and lesser aOR for failure of D3 renal recovery from early AKI (aOR, 0.31; 95% CI, 0.13-0.69).ConclusionsThe PERSEVERE-II AKI model demonstrates consistently robust performance for prediction of new or persistent D3 severe AKI in children with septic shock. A major limitation is that actual D3 severe AKI prevalence is below the prevalence threshold for the test, and thus future work should focus on evaluating use in enriched populations.Copyright © 2024 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.

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