Prevalence and factors associated with acute kidney injury in patients in intensive care units

Autor: Karla Yasmim de Andrade Santana, Ana Paula Aragão Santos, Fernanda Barbosa Magalhães, Jussiely Cunha Oliveira, Fernanda Gomes de Magalhães Soares Pinheiro, Eduesley Santana Santos
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, Vol 74, Iss 2 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0446
0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0790
Popis: ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with the development of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Methods: a cross-sectional study, conducted from June 2018 to August 2019. The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes was used to classify acute kidney injury. A significant value was set at p 1.5 mg/dL, also, when applied logistic regression, were 7 times more likely to develop acute kidney injury, Odds Ratio 7.018. More than half (56.6%) of the patients with acute kidney injury died. Moreover, 26.7% of these patients developed pressure sore. Conclusions: the prevalence of kidney injury was high (35.8%). The patients who developed it had a higher severity, mortality, and pressure sore index.
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