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| Libório,A.B.; Mota,R.M.S.; Abreu,K.L.S.; Silva,A.E.B.; Araújo,S.M.H.A.; Daher,E.F.. |
| The objective of the present study was to evaluate the characteristics of acute kidney injury (AKI) in AIDS patients and the value of RIFLE classification for predicting outcome. The study was conducted on AIDS patients admitted to an infectious diseases hospital inBrazil. The patients with AKI were classified according to the RIFLE classification: R (risk), I (injury), F (failure), L (loss), and E (end-stage renal disease). Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to evaluate the factors associated with AKI. A total of 532 patients with a mean age of 35 ± 8.5 years were included in this study. AKI was observed in 37% of the cases. Patients were classified as "R" (18%), "I" (7.7%) and "F" (11%). Independent risk factors for AKI were thrombocytopenia... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Acute kidney injury; HIV; AIDS; Prognosis; Mortality; RIFLE. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2010001100013 |
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