Paediatrics and international child health
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Paediatr Int Child Health · Feb 2017
Observational StudyIncidence, risk factors and outcome of acute kidney injury in critically ill children - a developing country perspective.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill children and is associated with poor outcome. ⋯ A high incidence of AKI was noted in the PICU that was associated with high mortality. The RIFLE criterion is an effective tool which can be used not only for predicting the outcomes, but may help in the early identification of patients at risk for AKI.