Fluid Overload and Renal Angina Index at Admission Are Associated With Worse Outcomes in Critically Ill Children

• Main Authors: Sidharth K. Sethi (Author), Veena Raghunathan (Author), Shilpi Shah (Author), Maninder Dhaliwal (Author), Pranaw Jha (Author), Maneesh Kumar (Author), Sravanthi Paluri (Author), Shyam Bansal (Author), Maroun J. Mhanna (Author), Rupesh Raina (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: We investigated the association of fluid overload and oxygenation in critically sick children, and their correlation with various outcomes (duration of ventilation, ICU stay, and mortality). We also assessed whether renal angina index (RAI) at admission can predict mortality or acute kid...