Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

ETIOPATHOGENESIS AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN

R. Padmaraj, R. Manorajan

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Objectives: To study the clinical profile of AKI in a tertiary care hospital Design: Descriptive study Setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital Method: Children 1 month–12years presenting with clinical and biochemical evidence of Acute kidney injury were studied regarding age, sex, clinical features, etiology and prognosis. Those children with preexisting renal diseases were excluded. Results: In our study, children less than 1 year commonly affected with female predominance. Common etiologies was sespis, diarrhoeal dehydration and acute glomerulonephritis. Common symptom was oliguria. Overall mortality was 41% in our study population.

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ETIOPATHOGENESIS AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN, R.Padmaraj, R.Manorajan PARIPEX - INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019


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