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Table 4 Potential AKI risk factors in admitted pediatric trauma patients in Malawi

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

Exposure

Total

AKI Episodes

Crude Risks

Risk Differences

95% CI

Relative Risks

95% CI

Burn Injury

36

7

19.4%

(8.2–36.0%)

13.9%

−0.1 to 27.9

3.5

1.1 to 11.2

Non-burn Injury

72

4

5.6%

(1.5–13.6%)

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Multiple Injuries

56

8

14.3%

(6.4–26.2%)

9.1%

−1.7 to 19.9

2.8

0.8 to 9.9

Single Injury

58

3

5.2%

(1.1–14.4%)

Reference

 

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Primary Location of Traumaa

Head/Neck

21

1

4.8%

(0.1–23.8%)

−0.6%

− 11.5 to 10.3

0.9

0.1 to 8.1

Trunk

23

4

17.4%

(5.0–38.8%)

12.0%

−4.5 to 28.6

3.2

0.8 to 13.4

Face

13

3

23.1%

(5.0–53.8%)

17.7%

−5.9 to 41.4

4.3

1.0 to 19.0

Extremity

56

3

5.4%

(1.1–14.9%)

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Any Trunk Injury

38

6

15.8%

(4.2–27.4%)

9.1%

−3.8 to 22.0

2.4

0.8 to 7.3

Non-trunk Injuries

75

5

6.7%

(1.0–12.3%)

Reference

 

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Herbal remedies taken in previous 7 days

4

2

50.0%

(6.8–93.2%)

41.8%

−7.5 to 91.1

6.1

1.9 to 19.6

None

110

9

8.2%

(4.9–16.6%)

Reference

 

Reference

 
  1. KDIGO criteria used to define AKI and new Schwartz equation estimated baseline creatinine
  2. AKI Acute kidney injury, CI confidence interval
  3. aCategory is mutually exclusive