Gurdeep Singh Dhooria, Arushi Nautiyal, Sanjay Wazir, Gopal Agrawal, Anupreet Tiwana, Naveen Bajaj, Naveen Parkash Gupta, Shishir Mirgunde, Jagdish Sahoo, Binesh Balachandran, Kamran Afzal, Anubha Shrivastava, Jyoti Bagla, Sushma Krishnegowda, Ananth Konapur, Kritika Soni, Mignon McCulloch, Timothy Bunchman, Sidharth Kumar Sethi, Rupesh Raina
OBJECTIVE: A rapid AKI risk assessment score would allow for improving management and outcomes. STARZ (Sethi, Tibrewal, Agrawal, Raina, waZir) score was developed for acute kidney injury (AKI) risk stratification of critically ill neonates. This is the first independent validation for the novel score outside the original enrolled centres. STUDY DESIGN: 750 neonates were included in the study. The STARZ score was calculated after 12 hours of admission. Neonates admitted in NICU and receiving IV fluids for at least 48 hours were included...
2022: Journal of Neonatal-perinatal Medicine