Data are lacking on the impact of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children admitted to an intensive care unit. Schneider and colleagues have now performed a large-scale assessment of the use of the RIFLE criteria for characterizing AKI in children and have determined the mortality and morbidity associated with AKI in this patient group.
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Goldstein, S., Devarajan, P. Acute kidney injury leads to pediatric patient mortality. Nat Rev Nephrol 6, 393–394 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2010.67
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