The incidence of acute kidney injury in very-low-birth-weight infants treated early with caffeine
The incidence of AKI in a cohort of VLBW infants universally treated early with caffeine was 14%, while only 4% had AKI during the first week. Infants with AKI had worse outcomes (BPD and mortality) and longer hospitalization.
Authors
- Shimrit Tzvi-Behr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6461-1412)
- Efrat Ben‐Shalom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-4503)
- Yair Kasirer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2227-1074)
- Yaacov Frishberg
- Noam Schlesinger
Institutions
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem (IL)
- Hadassah Medical Center (IL)
- Shaare Zedek Medical Center (IL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Nephrology
- Published
- 2025-02-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-025-06694-5
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.86
Funders
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem