Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: a prospective cohort study

Methods to estimate baseline creatinine and define acute kidney injury in lean Ugandan children with severe malaria: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a consequential clinical complication in children with severe malaria. However, approaches to estimate baseline creatinine (bSCr) are not standardized in this unique patient population. Prior to wide-spread utilization, bSCr...

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Main Authors: Anthony Batte, Michelle C. Starr, Andrew L. Schwaderer, Robert O. Opoka, Ruth Namazzi, Erika S. Phelps Nishiguchi, John M. Ssenkusu, Chandy C. John, Andrea L. Conroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Acute kidney injury
Baseline creatinine
Schwartz
Pottel
Severe malaria
Sub-Saharan Africa
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-020-02076-1

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