C Williams, K Borges, T Banh, J Vasilevska-Ristovska, R Chanchlani, V L Ng, A I Dipchand, M Solomon, D Hebert, S J Kim, B C Astor, R S Parekh
The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) and its impact on chronic kidney disease (CKD) following pediatric nonkidney solid organ transplantation is unknown. We aimed to determine the incidence of AKI and CKD and examine their relationship among children who received a heart, lung, liver, or multiorgan transplant at the Hospital for Sick Children between 2002 and 2011. AKI was assessed in the first year posttransplant. Among 303 children, perioperative AKI (within the first week) occurred in 67% of children, and AKI after the first week occurred in 36%, with the highest incidence among lung and multiorgan recipients...
June 2018: American Journal of Transplantation