The purpose of this retrospective study is to determine the incidence and severity of acute kidney injuries (AKI) after heart surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The investigators will review in a retrospective way, all patients aged between 0 and 16 years, admitted in the PICU after cardiac surgery on CPB from 01.01.2014 to 31.12.2016. They will asses for AKI. The first step is to determine the incidence and severity, the second step is to determine the risk factors for AKI and/or protecting factors.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
250
CHUV
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Presence and severity of an AKI occurring during stay in the PICU
Scoring AKI with pRiffle
Time frame: up to 3 month
PICU stay and ventilation time
correlation between AKI and invasive ventilation/duration and PICU stay
Time frame: up to 3 month
Persisting AKI after release from PICU according to RIFLE score
After leaving ICU
Time frame: more than 3 month
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