Sadaf Rasheed, Zoha Haq, Mehr Wali Shah, Sana Ullah.
Functional Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury in Children Reporting in a Teaching Hospital.
Ophthalmol Update Jan ;16(3):722-5.

Objective: To determine the outcome of acute kidney injury in children at Nishtar Hospital, Multan Methods: This descriptive cross sectional study was conducted in Pediatrics Department of Nishtar Hospital Multan and Bahawal Victoria Hospital Bahawalpur from September 2016 to June 2017 after obtaining approval from ethical committee of the Hospital. A total of 78 patients with acute kidney injury of any stage aged one to ten years of either gender were included. Patients with congenital kidney anomalies like polycystic kidney disease, renal agenesis and post-operative surgery patients were excluded. All patients were given treatment according to the department protocol and patient requirement and followed for one week at which the final outcome (complete recovery/partial recovery/death) was noted. Results:In this study, it was observed that 75.7% (n=59) patients completely recovered, 20.5% (n=16) partially recovered while 3.8% (n=3) patients died. (Table. 2). Stages of AKI i.e. I, II and III were observed as 39.8% (n=31), 26.9% (n=21) and 33.3% (n=26) respectively. Association was found between stages of AKI and the outcome. Conclusion: Acute kidney injury is a serious problem and a great public health concern in children which can result in renal failure and death also. So early diagnosis and timely management should be given in order to prevent its dangerous outcomes.

PakMediNet -Pakistan's largest Database of Pakistani Medical Journals - http://www.pakmedinet.com