ROLE OF RENAL ANGINA INDEX IN PREDICTING THE SEVERITY AND OUTCOME OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN NEONATES
Keywords:
AKI, renal angina index, morbidity, and mortality, NICU.Abstract
Introduction: The diagnosis of AKI is a problem, as diagnosis depends on two functionaldefects; increase in serum creatinine and decrease in urine output (oliguria) especially inneonates. Both are late outcomes of the injury and not predictors of the injury. Regardless ofappropriate treatment, the mortality rate may range from 25-50%, while survivors may sufferfrom problems in the long run. Recogn izing early parameters that are able to detect kidney injurybefore the rise of serum creatinine,
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