Acute renal injury among seriously ill Iraqi children: risk factors, management, and outcome.

Objective: To determine the frequency of acute kidney injury in seriously ill young patients, and to find out the risk factors linked to renal impairment.

Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted from June 1 to December 1, 2019, at the Central Child Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq, and comprised patients of either gender aged from >28 days to <18 years who presented to the emergency department with any critical acute illness who had to undergo hospitalisation. Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criterion was used to identify patients having acute kidney injury.