EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRENDS IN COMMUNITY ACQUIRED ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN PAKISTAN: 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE FROM A TERTIARY CARE RENAL UNIT

摘要

Introduction: Epidemiological studies of acute kidney injury (AKI) are sparse especially from South Asia. Reported incidences vary with use of different criteria of defining AKI. There is also variation found in different class of income countries, hospital based versus community based AKI. Within hospital based there could be variations in critically ill patients, patients with major surgeries or trauma, association of sepsis and hospital admissions for other reasons.