Incidence Rates In Hospitalized Children
AKI develops in approximately 5% of the hospitalized patients and in up to 30% patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) (Sanjeevani et al., 2014). The incidence of AKI in children is not knowledgeable exactly. It sounds the incidence is increasing in hospitalized children. In adults, the incidence is estimated nearing 209 per million populations. Unfortunately, there is no epidemiological review on children, at any case, the occurrence has been presumed as 0.8 for every one hundred of the total populations. In neonates, the incidence rate ranges between 8-24%. This rate is much higher in neonates from developing countries. The occurrence is 3.9 for each 1000 live births and 34.5% are admitted to the newborn units. The incidence ranges