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Multicenter Study
. 2010 Jan-Feb;31(1):83-92.
doi: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3181cb8c87.

Early acute kidney injury predicts progressive renal dysfunction and higher mortality in severely burned adults

Michael J Mosier  1 , Tam N Pham, Matthew B Klein, Nicole S Gibran, Brett D Arnoldo, Richard L Gamelli, Ronald G Tompkins, David N Herndon
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Multicenter Study

Early acute kidney injury predicts progressive renal dysfunction and higher mortality in severely burned adults

Michael J Mosier et al. J Burn Care Res. 2010 Jan-Feb.

Abstract

The incidence and prognosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) developing during acute resuscitation have not been well characterized in burn patients. The recently developed Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, and End-stage (RIFLE) classification provides a stringent stratification of AKI severity and can allow for the study of AKI after burn injury. We hypothesized that AKI frequently develops early during resuscitation and is associated with poor outcomes in severely burned patients. We conducted a retrospective review of patients enrolled in the prospective observational multicenter study "Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury." A RIFLE score was calculated for all patients at 24 hours and throughout hospitalization. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to distinguish the impact of early AKI on progressive renal dysfunction, need for renal replacement therapy, and hospital mortality. A total of 221 adult burn patients were included, with a mean TBSA burn of 42%. Crystalloid resuscitation averaged 5.2 ml/kg/%TBSA, with urine output of 1.0 +/- 0.6 ml/kg/hr at 24 hours. Sixty-two patients met criteria for AKI at 24 hours: 23 patients (10%) classified as risk, 32 patients (15%) as injury, and 7 (3%) as failure. After adjusting for age, TBSA, inhalation injury, and nonrenal Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II > or =20, early AKI was associated with an adjusted odds ratio 2.9 for death (95% CI 1.1-7.5, P = .03). In this cohort of severely burned patients, 28% of patients developed AKI during acute resuscitation. AKI was not always transient, with 29% developing progressive renal deterioration by RIFLE criteria. Early AKI was associated with early multiple organ dysfunction and higher mortality risk. Better understanding of how early AKI develops and which patients are at risk for progressive renal dysfunction may lead to improved outcomes.

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Early acute kidney injury was common (28%) and associated with higher mortality, especially if it was progressive: 13 patients with renal deterioration died (72%).
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Late onset acute kidney injury was also common (29.6%) and was also associated with increased mortality (34%).
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