Study of spectrum of acute kidney injury in tertiary care center
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Date
2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
Abstract
Introduction: Acute Kidney Injury is a common medical problem. AKI is responsible for major mortality and morbidity of hospitalized patients because of serious nature of the underlying illness and incidences of complication. Materials and methods: A total number of 100cases of Acute Kidney Injury who fulfill the inclusion criteria were studied with a detail history, clinical examination and investigation according to need. Results: Out of 100 patients 78 were male and 22 were female. Maximum numbers of patients were in age group of 51 to 60 years. Vomiting (60%) and Oliguria (48%) were common presenting features. The study showed various etiological factor associated with Acute Kidney Injury like Septicemia (43%), Acute gastroenteritis (10%), Malaria (9%), Nephrotoxicity (8%), Cirrhosis of Liver and Obstetrical cause cause (7%), Glomerolonepritis (6%), CCF (5%), Snake bite (4%), and Leptospirosis (1%). In this study, Hypotension (40%) were common complication of acute kidney injury followed by Hyperkalemia (35%). Conclusion: We observed that early diagnosis and early investigation were probably responsible for good survival rate in acute kidney Injury
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Acute Kidney Injury, Septicemia, Hemodialysis
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Choudhary Manoj Kumar, Lohani K.K., Kumar Neeraj.. Study of spectrum of acute kidney injury in tertiary care center. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jul; 4(7): 122-125