Prediction of early acute kidney injury after trauma using prehospital systolic blood pressure and lactate levels: A prospective validation study

Abstract Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) after trauma is a major complication independently associated with a prolonged hospital stay and increased mortality. We previously reported that the prehospital systolic blood pressure (SBP) and early hospital arterial lactate level, along with specific cut-off values, show good performance in the early prediction of AKI using AUC-ROC . 1 The purpose of this study was to prospectively validate whether or not these parameters are predictive of newly occurring AKI after trauma. Methods This was a prospective review of trauma patients who were admitted to a single trauma center from January to December 2019. Patients who were Results A total of 489 trauma patients were admitted to our center, of whom 403 were eligible for the study. The high-risk group consisted of 38 patients, and the low-risk group consisted of 365 patients. The incidence of severe AKI in Stage Injury and Failure was significantly higher in the high-risk group (5 patients, 13.2%) than in the low-risk group (7 patients, 1.9%), with an odds ratio of 7.75 and 95% confidence interval of 2.33-25.77. Conclusions These predictors showed good performance in the early prediction of severe AKI after trauma. Early prediction of the high-risk groups for severe AKI after trauma prompting early treatment may help improve the prognosis of trauma patients.