Acute kidney injury in a Malaysian intensive care unit: Assessment of incidence, risk factors, and outcome

Md Ralib A 1 , Mat Nor MB 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Hospital Campus, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia 25000. Electronic address: drazrina@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kulliyyah (Faculty) of Medicine, International Islamic University Malaysia, Jalan Hospital Campus, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia 25000. Electronic address: basri.matnor@gmail.com
J Crit Care, 2015 Jun;30(3):636-42.
PMID: 25701354 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.01.018

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common and carries a high mortality rate. Most epidemiological studies were retrospective and were done in Western populations. We aim to assess its incidence using both urine output and creatinine criteria and its association with risk factors and outcome.

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