Acute kidney injury after heart transplant in young children: risk factors and outcomes

Critical illness following heart transplantation can include acute kidney injury (AKI). Study objectives were to define the epidemiology of, risk factors for, or impact on outcomes of AKI after pediatric heart transplant. Using data from a prospective study of 66 young children, we evaluated: (1) post-operative AKI rate (by pediatric modified RIFLE criteria); (2) pre, intra, and early post-operative AKI risk factors using stepwise logistic...