Acute kidney injury in a Malaysian Intensive Care Unit: incidence, risk factors and outcome

• Main Authors: Md Ralib, Azrina, Mat Nor, Mohd Basri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Singapore-ANZIC 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/43431/1/SG-ANZICS_2015.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43431/4/EPI_AKI_SG-ANZICS_v5.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/43431/

Objectives: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is common and carries a high mortality rate. Most epidemiological studies were retrospective and were done in Western populations. To the best of our knowledge, there is no data on the AKI epidemiology based on consensus guideline in our local ICU setting. A pro...