[PDF] Top 20 Inter hospital transfers and outcomes of critically ill patients with severe acute kidney injury: a multicenter cohort study

... following acute RRT ...RRT-independent patients who did not meet criteria for complete recovery were classified as having a partial ...the study with an ongoing need for RRT but prior to 30 days ... See full document

... retrospective cohort study utilizing a population-based, ICU database of adult patients with severe sepsis or septic shock admitted to Henry Ford Hospital, an urban, tertiary care ... See full document

... this study, we used a database from a prospective, multicenter, observational study in which investigators examined the epidemiology of AKI in critically ill pa- tients at 30 ICUs among ... See full document

... our study focuses on a well-recognized and important clinical ...many patients lack an outpatient baseline creati- nine. As part of the study protocol, serum creatinine val- ues were recorded for up ... See full document

... Livingstone Hospital adult ICU is a tertiary ser- vice, closed, multi-disciplinary 16-bed unit serving a catchment area of ...The hospital is government-funded and is located in the Nelson Man- dela Bay ... See full document

... considered severe when it is associated with acute organ ...[4-13], severe sepsis has become a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in critical illness, and etiologic evidence [14] indi- cates ... See full document

... of patients. Most developed more severe forms of AKI, defined by RIFLE categories of Injury and ...pH1N1 cohort, received ...older patients with a higher burden of comorbid disease, ... See full document

... persistent AKI in critically ill patients is believed to be acute tubular necrosis (ATN) [4,5]. It is usually assumed that there is a continuum that leads from prerenal AKI to ATN [4-6]. Many ... See full document

... All patients aged ≥ 20 years, hospitalized during the study period were included in the ...chronic kidney disease, last serum creatinine meas- urement, HIV positivity, cirrhosis, obstructive ... See full document

... Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-Stage (RIFLE) and Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) consensus definitions of AKI incorporate lengthy periods of oliguria (6, 12, and 24 hours) by which time ... See full document

... Background: Acute kidney injury remains a common complication in critically ill patients and despite multiple trials and observational studies, the optimal timing for initiation ... See full document

... Our study has several strengths. First, the matched cohort design demonstrates the real impact of AKI-RRT upon long-term ...the patients’ perception of the ICU admission and the consequences of ... See full document

... 3336 patients reports that plasma cystatin has a sensitivity of 71 % and a specificity of 92 %, a predictive value which is higher than that of urinary cystatin and Scr ...indicate kidney tissue damage. ... See full document

... This cohort study used data from the Toronto Acute Kidney Injury ...of patients who started RRT for AKI at two university- affiliated hospitals (April 2007 to October 2012 at St ... See full document

... our study, we reported a cohort study at a community hospital critical care ...these patients. The main focus is comparing the patients who were identified as having AKI without ... See full document

... critically ill. This result is supported by many other study results: One of the earliest studies evaluating the epidemiology of AKI was by Abosaif and coworkers 2005(Abosaif et ...247 ... See full document

... of acute kidney injury Definition and staging of AKI were complied with the KDIGO guidelines, which is comprised of CrCr and UOCr (Table ...1). Patients were classified as having no AKI or AKI ... See full document

... our study deserve consideration. First, the study was a retrospective cohort study of both medical and surgical ICU ...Our study showed the clinical potential of diuretics in ... See full document

... values. Second, disease severity score such as SOFA or APACHE ǁ was not incorporated into analysis, which significantly limited the reliability of our result. However, we used Charlson’s comorbidity index, which is ... See full document

... the kidney from injury Increased intra-abdominal pressures from fluid loading comprom- ise renal blood flow and contribute further to fluid over- load by reduced salt and water excretion ... See full document