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Acute Kidney Injury and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Neonates Born Less than 32 Weeks' Gestation
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Acute Kidney Injury and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Premature Neonates Born Less than 32 Weeks' Gestation

Michelle C. Starr, Louis Boohaker, Laurie C. Eldredge, Shina Menon, Russell Griffin, Dennis E. Mayock, Linzi Li, David Askenazi, Sangeeta Hingorani and Neonatal Kidney Collaborative
American journal of perinatology, Vol.37(3), pp.341-348
02/2020
DOI: 10.1055/s-0039-3400311
PMCID: PMC7409513
PMID: 31777046
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/7409513View
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Abstract Objective  This study aimed to evaluate the association between acute kidney injury (AKI) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in infants born <32 weeks of gestational age (GA). Study Design  Present study is a secondary analysis of premature infants born at <32 weeks of GA in the Assessment of Worldwide Acute Kidney Injury Epidemiology in Neonates (AWAKEN) retrospective cohort ( n  = 546). We stratified by gestational age and used logistic regression to determine association between AKI and moderate or severe BPD/mortality. Results  Moderate or severe BPD occurred in 214 of 546 (39%) infants, while death occurred in 32 of 546 (6%); the composite of moderate or severe BPD/death occurred in 246 of 546 (45%). For infants born ≤29 weeks of gestation, the adjusted odds ratio (OR) of AKI and the primary outcome was 1.15 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.47–2.86; p  = 0.76). Infants born between 29 and 32 weeks of gestation with AKI had four-fold higher odds of moderate or severe BPD/death that remained after controlling for multiple factors (adjusted OR = 4.21, 95% CI: 2.07–8.61; p  < 0.001). Conclusion  Neonates born between 29 and 32 weeks who develop AKI had a higher likelihood of moderate or severe BPD/death than those without AKI. Further studies are needed to validate our findings and evaluate mechanisms of multiorgan injury.
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