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Acute kidney injury leads to pediatric patient mortality

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Data are lacking on the impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children admitted to an intensive care unit. Schneider and colleagues have now performed a large-scale assessment of the use of the RIFLE criteria for characterizing AKI in children and have determined the mortality and morbidity associated with AKI in this patient group.

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  1. Texas Children's Hospital, 1102 Bates Street, Suite 260, Houston, 77030, TX, USA

    Stuart L. Goldstein

  2. Center for Acute Nephrology Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, MLC 7022, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, 45229-3039, OH, USA

    Prasad Devarajan

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Goldstein, S., Devarajan, P. Acute kidney injury leads to pediatric patient mortality. Nat Rev Nephrol 6, 393–394 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2010.67

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