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Review
. 2021 Apr 26:9:635631.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.635631. eCollection 2021.

Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Critically Ill Children and Neonates

Bassil Leghrouz  1 , Ahmad Kaddourah  1   2
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Review

Impact of Acute Kidney Injury on Critically Ill Children and Neonates

Bassil Leghrouz et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a clinical syndrome that manifests as an abrupt impairment of kidney function. AKI is common in critically ill pediatric patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care units. AKI is a deleterious complication in critically ill children as it is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This review provides an overview of the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of AKI in critically ill children in general and specific cohorts such as post-cardiac surgeries, sepsis, critically ill neonates, and post stem cell transplantation.

Keywords: COVID-19; acute kidney injure; critically ill children; neonatal intensive care unit; volume overload.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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