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Table 2 Incidence of AKI by estimated baseline creatinine methoda

From: Incidence and epidemiology of acute kidney injury in a pediatric Malawian trauma cohort: a prospective observational study

AKI Definition

AKI #

AKI %

AKI Stage 2 or 3%

Absolute 0.3 change or ≥ 1.5 rise of one of:

(1) lowest creatinine (“gold standard”)

8 of 91

8.8%

2.2% (n = 2)

(2) baseline creatinine estimated by Old Schwartz [19]

4 of 91

4.4%

1.1% (n = 1)

(3) baseline creatinine estimated by New Schwartz [20]

8 of 91

8.8%

1.1% (n = 1)

(4) baseline creatinine estimated by India equation (modified New Schwartz for low-resourced settings) [21]

8 of 91

8.8%

1.1% (n = 1)

  1. aRestricted to those with 2+ creatinine values, n = 91 of 114