Acute Kidney Injury Is Common in Pediatric Severe Malaria and Is Associated With Increased Mortality

Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a well recognized complication of severe malaria in adults, but the incidence and clinical importance of AKI in pediatric severe malaria (SM) is not well documented. Methods. One hundred eighty children aged 1 to 10 years with SM were enrolled between 2011 an...

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Published in:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: Conroy, Andrea L., Hawkes, Michael, Elphinstone, Robyn E., Morgan, Catherine, Hermann, Laura, Barker, Kevin R., Namasopo, Sophie, Opoka, Robert O., John, Chandy C., Liles, W. Conrad, Kain, Kevin C.
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Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4866565/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27186577
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw046
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