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Table 2 Underlying etiology of acute kidney injury among patients admitted to pediatric intensive care unit

From: Short-term outcome associated with disease severity and electrolyte abnormalities among critically ill children with acute kidney injury

Underlying Disease Category

KDIGO 1

KDIGO 2

KDIGO 3

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

1. Sepsis

32.1

26.2–38.4

32.7

25.7–40.4

40.4

31.3–22.4

2. Hypoxia

18.3

13.7–23.8

18.5

12.9–25.2

10.1

5.0–17.8

3. Heart failure

6.3

3.5–10.1

8.3

4.6–13.6

5.1

1.7–111.4

4. Obstructive uropathy

1.7

0.5–4.2

1.8

0.4–5.1

6.1

2.3–12.7

5. Dehydration

2.9

1.2–5.9

6.6

3.3–11.4

0

0–3.7

6. Glomerulonephritis

1.7

0.5–4.2

1.8

0.4–5.1

8

3.6–15.3

7. Toxic

0.4

0.01–2.3

1.2

0.1–4.2

2

0.3–7.1

8. MOSF

3.3

1.5–6.5

6.6

3.3–11.4

19.2

12.0–28.3

9. TLS

2.9

1.2–5.9

0.6

0.02–3.3

4

1.1–10.0

10. Renal neoplasm

0.4

0.01–2.3

0.6

0.02–3.3

0

0–3.7

11. HUS

0

0–1.5

0

0–2.2

1

0.03–5.5

12. Post-cardiaca

30

24.3–36.2

21.4

15.5–28.4

13.1

7.2–21.4

  1. Abbreviations: KDIGO Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes, MOSF Multi-Organ System Failure, TLS Tumor Lysis Syndrome, HUS Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
  2. Notes: apost-cardiac surgery