Clinical and pathological features of children with acute kidney injurys in 7 years in China Hunan

Objective To analyze the clinical and pathological characteristics of children in different stages and to investigate the clinical significance based on clinical diagnosis and staging criteria of acute kidney injury(AKI). Methods Based on the clinical diagnosis and staging criteria of AKI, 165 AKI children admitted to the Department of Nephrology of Hunan Children's Hospital, between Oct. 2004 and Oct. 2011 were divided into 3 groups: stage 1, stage 2 and stage 3. Clinical characteristics, age, etiology, pathology and prognosis were compared among 3 groups of children with AKI. Results (1)A total of 165 patients(109 males and 56 females) were included in this study, average age of(6.26±4.43) years, including 69 patients in stage 1, 19 patients in stage 2, and 77 patients in stage 3. (2)The 3 groups of patients had an average age of(9.09±3.69) years, (4.34±3.90) years, and(4.22±3.78) years, respectively, which showed significant differences(P 0.05), while the stage 1 patients showed significant differences from the other 2 groups(P<0.01). Conclusions The patients are mostly seen in stage 1 and stage 3. The stage 1 AKI children are largely school-age children and acute glomerulone phritis is the main etiology. The stage 3 AKI children are mainly infants and the etiology of AKI is mainly drugs and septicemia, the pathological type is mainly acute tubulointerstitial nephritis, and the renal functional recovery is slow. Key words: Acute kidney injury; Clinic; Pathology; Prognosis; Child