Acute Kidney Injury in critically ill infants
- Conditions
- Acute Kidney Injury10038430
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 390
- Age: Up to 12 months
- Group 1: - Patients admitted for minor surgical procedures with stable hemodynamics and normal kidney function: term up to 1 year of age
- Group 2: - Critical illness: mechanical ventilation
- Need for vasopressor drugs
- Group 3: - Critically ill patients with ECMO treatment
- Group 4: - Neonates admitted for minor surgical procedures with stable hemodynamics and normal kidney function: 32 up to 37 weeks of gestational age
- No informed consent
- Pre-existent kidney disease or kidney anomaly on ultrasound
- Group 1 and 4: Use of known nephrotoxic drugs, like aminoglycosides
pRIFLE score showing AKI
- Group 1, 2, 3: Preterm birth
- Group 4: Preterm birth before 32 weeks of gestational age
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1. To assess reference values of a pre-defined set of biomarkers for AKI in<br /><br>*surgical* infants with normal kidney function.<br /><br>2. To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of these biomarkers in<br /><br>predicting AKI as well as the incidence of AKI in critically ill infants.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>None</p><br>