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. 2013 Aug 21;13:41. doi: 10.1186/1471-2490-13-41

Table 2.

Primary causes of pediatric AKI

Primary disease Cases Constituent ratio (%) Deaths
Prerenal AKI
188
14.96
4
Severe dehydration
94
7.48
2
Neonatal blood loss
24
1.91
 
Diarrhea
22
1.75
 
Congenital heart disease
20
1.59
1
Significant blood loss
11
0.88
 
Cardiomyopathy
9
0.72
1
Congenital hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
3
0.24
 
Late vitamin K deficiency
2
0.16
 
Infant muggy syndrome
2
0.16
 
Myocarditis
1
0.08
 
Renal AKI
723
57.52
39
Acute GN
127
10.10
 
Nephrotic syndrome
78
6.21
3
Neonatal jaundice
67
5.33
 
Sepsis
62
4.93
15
Drug poisoning
58
4.61
2
Henoch-Schonlein purpura
57
4.53
 
Hemolytic uremic syndrome
43
3.42
1
Asphyxia
43
3.42
4
DIC
41
3.26
4
SLE
32
2.55
1
Pneumonia
26
2.07
6
Tumor
24
1.91
1
Acute interstitial nephritis
14
1.11
 
Urinary tract infection
5
0.40
 
IgA nephropathy/Berger’s disease
5
0.40
 
HIE
5
0.40
 
Traffic accident
5
0.40
 
Hemolytic anemia
4
0.32
 
Renal tubular acidosis
3
0.24
 
Vesicoureteral reflux
3
0.24
 
Epidemic hemorrhagic fever
3
0.24
 
Renal vein thrombosis
3
0.24
 
Intubation of umbilical cord
3
0.24
 
Purulent meningitis
2
0.16
 
Kawasaki disease
1
0.08
 
Acute progressive GN
1
0.08
1
Drowning
1
0.08
1
Hemophagocytic syndrome
1
0.08
 
CMV infection
1
0.08
 
Hand-foot-mouth disease
1
0.08
 
Tumor lysis syndrome
1
0.08
 
Crush syndrome
1
0.08
 
HBV-associated GN
1
0.08
 
Xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis
1
0.08
 
Postrenal AKI
323
25.69
 
Urolithiasis (179 by melamine)
281
22.35
 
Congenital urinary tract malformations
42
3.34
 
Unknown 23 1.83