A Study of Acute Kidney Injury in Children at Sohag University Hospital

Sohag University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Acute Kidney Injury

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: serum creatinine and Other investigations will be done according to the case

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05297214

soh-Med-22-03-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been traditionally defined as an abrupt loss of kidney function leading to a rapid decline in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR), accumulation of waste products such as blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine, and dysregulation of extracellular volume and electrolyte homeostasis . Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a very common condition, especially among hospitalized patients.

this work aims to study the demographics, etiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome of acute kidney injury in children in Sohag University Hospital - Pediatrics Department.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 16 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All children with acute kidney injury with an age range from 1 month to 16 years old

Exclusion criteria

1. patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
2. Patients with irregular follow up
3. Patients with incomplete data
4. Patients whose medical guardians refuse participation in the study