Table 2.
Distribution of aetiologies in number and percentage of cases in acute kidney injury in children in Norway, 1999–2008 (n = 315)
| Prerenal | Renal | Postrenal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aetiological group | N | % | Aetiological group | N | % | Aetiological group | N | % |
| Sepsis | 24 | 7.6 | Nephritic syndromes | 138 | 43.8 | Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract | 3 | 1.0 |
| Dehydration | 23 | 7.3 | Haemolytic-uraemic syndrome | 47 | 14.9 | Vesicoureteral reflux | 1 | 0.3 |
| Cardiological aetiologies | 11 | 3.5 | Oncological | 16 | 5.1 | Pelvic tumour | 1 | 0.3 |
| Medical/surgical complications | 5 | 1.6 | Drug related | 8 | 2.5 | |||
| Systemic shock | 2 | 0.6 | Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract | 7 | 2.2 | |||
| Drowning (multiple organ failure) | 2 | 0.6 | Genetic disorders | 5 | 1.6 | |||
| Meningitis | 2 | 0.6 | Rhabdomyolysis | 5 | 1.6 | |||
| Acute on chronic | 1 | 0.3 | Nephropathia epidemica | 2 | 0.6 | |||
| Appendicitis | 1 | 0.3 | Unknown renal | 2 | 0.6 | |||
| Encephalitis | 1 | 0.3 | Severe combined immunodeficiency | 1 | 0.3 | |||
| Hypophyseal defect | 1 | 0.3 | Intoxication | 1 | 0.3 | |||
| Diabetes complications | 1 | 0.3 | Wegeners granulomatosis | 1 | 0.3 | |||
| Respiratory failure | 1 | 0.3 | Cerebral palsy complications | 1 | 0.3 | |||
| Total prerenal | 75 | 23.8 | Total renal | 234 | 74.2 | Total postrenal | 5 | 1.6 |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.3 | ||||||