Table 1

Incidence, mortality, and criteria for acute kidney injury in patients with burns

Reference
Year
Years of study; population
AKI
AKI mortality
Criterion of AKI

Davies, et al. [8]
1979
1958–1979; >1,064 patients admitted
28 (<2.6%)
24 (86%)
Renal replacement therapy
Davies, et al. [9]
1994
1991; 18 burn units
15 (<1%)
12 (80%)
Renal replacement therapy
Leblanc, et al. [10]
1997
1987–1994; 970 patients admitted
16 (1.6%)
13 (82%)
Renal replacement therapy
Holm, et al. [11]
1999
1994–1998; 328 patients, 34% TBSA%
48 (15%)
41 (85%)
Renal replacement therapy
Tremblay, et al. [12]
2000
1995–1998; 353 patients admitted
12 (3.4%)
6 (50%)
Renal replacement therapy
Schiavon, et al. [13]
1988
1988; 20 patients, 44% TBSA%
4 (20%)
4 (100%)
Serum creatinine raised >133 μmol/L above value on admission



0

Renal replacement therapy
Saffle, et al. [7]
1993
1987–1990; 529 patients, 16% TBSA%
50 (10%)
23 (46%)
Thermal Injury Organ Failure Score (moderate: serum creatinine >222 μmol/L)



4 (0.8%)
4 (100%)
Renal replacement therapy
Sheridan, et al. [14]
1998
1989–1994; 56 patients who died
37 (68%)
-
Serum BUN ≥100 and creatinine ≥3.5 or urine output ≤500 mL/day
Jeschke, et al. [15]
1998
1966–1997; 5,000 children admitted
60 (1.2%)
44 (73%)
Oliguria (<0.5 mL/kg per hour for >36 hours), serum urea nitrogen/creatinine ratio <20, serum creatinine >177 μmol/L



34 (0.7)
28 (82%)
Renal replacement therapy
Chrysopoulo, et al. [16]
1999
1981–1998; 1,404 patients, TBSA% >30%
76 (5.4%)
67 (88%)
Three of these four: oliguria (<350 mL/36 hours), BUN/creatinine ratio <20, serum creatinine >177 μmol/L, and dialysis



67 (4.8%)
61 (91%)
Renal replacement therapy
Kim, et al. [17]
2003
2000; 147 patients, 60% TBSA%
28 (19%)
28 (100%)
Serum creatinine >177 μmol/L



3 (2.0%)
3 (100%)
Renal replacement therapy
Mustonen and Vuola [22]
2008
1988–2001; 238 patients, 31% TBSA%
93 (39.1%)
41 (44%)
Serum creatinine >120 μmol/L



32 (13%)
20 (62%)
Renal replacement therapy
Cumming, et al. [6]
2001
1998–1999; 85 patients, 30% TBSA%
3 (3.5%)

MODS (3–4: serum creatinine >350 μmol/L)
Cooper, et al. [18]
2006
1999–2001; 42 patients, 35% TBSA%
3 (7.1%)

MODS (3–4: serum creatinine >350 μmol/L) or oliguria
Coca, et al. [19]
2007
1998–2003; 304 patients, 27% TBSA%
81 (27%)
23 (28%)
RIFLE




(73%)
Renal replacement therapy
Lopes, et al. [20]
2007
2004–2006; 126 patients, 24% TBSA%
45 (36%)
21 (47%)
RIFLE



11 (8.7%)

Renal replacement therapy

The table shows number of patients who had acute kidney injury (AKI) according to the criteria in the rightmost column; the percentage is the incidence of AKI among the study population. AKI mortality is the number of patients who died among those with AKI, with the percentage referring to mortality among the AKI patients. When available, incidence and outcome of renal replacement therapy are shown in the table, together with the result from the primary AKI criteria. Percentage burned of total body surface area (TBSA%) is the mean of the study group. When a TBSA% limit for inclusion was reported instead, it is shown in this table as 'TBSA% >%'. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; MODS, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score; RIFLE, the increasing severity classes Risk, Injury, and Failure and the two outcome classes Loss, and End-stage renal disease.

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