ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS
Objectives. The incidence and prevalence of renal disease in actual children poisoning is not fully known because renal structural and functional changes caused by nephrotoxins are nonspecifi c and toxic etiology is often overshadowed. This study aims to assess the prevalence of toxic nephropathies...
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| author | Alexandru-Ioan Ulmeanu Aurel Bizo Coriolan Ulmeanu |
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| description | Objectives. The incidence and prevalence of renal disease in actual children poisoning is not fully known because renal structural and functional changes caused by nephrotoxins are nonspecifi c and toxic etiology is often overshadowed. This study aims to assess the prevalence of toxic nephropathies in a pediatric population, the etiology, clinical and laboratory aspects, prognostic factors, frequency of use of extra renale puration techniques and their impact on survival.
Materials and methods. We conducted an observational, retrospective, multicentric study, over a period of 10
years, between 2003 and 2012, on 82 patients aged 0-18 years from two pediatric poison centers: the department of Toxicology SCUC “Grigore Alexandrescu” Bucharest and the Department of Pediatric Nephrology and
Toxicology at the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Cluj-Napoca. In the study group were included patients with acute intoxication who presented acute kidney injury defi ned by the AKIN criteria.
Results. The etiology of poisoning that have associated acute kidney injury is dominated by drugs – 36.6%,
followed by mushrooms – 24,4%, insecticides – 18.3% and alcohols – 11%. In smaller percentages we noted
poisonings with caustic substances, hydrocarbons, nitrites and lead. Looking in detail we can observe that for
the etiology of drug poisonings multidrug intoxications prevailed followed by poisonings with antibiotics most
commonly gentamicin. In the case of multi drug poison ings the substances most frequently involved were:
combination of Paracetamol, NSAIDs andMetamizol.In mushroom poisonings, in most cases were involved
mushrooms with long incubation period probably Amanita Phalloides. For the Insecticide poisonings the etiology was represented mainly by organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides. The etiology of alcohol poisoning most commonly included cases of ethylenglycol. On the group of 82 cases studied, 26 deaths were recorded, mortality was 32%. We observed that oliguria, anuria, edema, hemorrhagic manifestations, polypnea,
signs of shock, coma, and hepatic hepatocytolisis were risk factors for death in our study. The methods of extrarenal epuration or renal replacement treatment were carried out in 41% of cases. They were not protective
factors in the study group.
Conclusions. Acute poisoning cases in children show asignifi cant increasein recent years in our country. The
cases oftoxic acute renal injury often have severe prognosis. Associated risk factorsshould be identifi ed and diagnosed quickly to establish aprioritized early and effective treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c43f81e91d514af08746ba0005448c5a2022-12-21T22:39:08ZengAmaltea Medical Publishing HouseRomanian Journal of Pediatrics1454-03982069-61752014-03-01631464910.37897/RJP.2014.1.8ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORSAlexandru-Ioan Ulmeanu0Aurel Bizo1Coriolan Ulmeanu2“Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Children’s Hospital, BucharestEmergency Children’s Hospital, Cluj-Napoca“Grigore Alexandrescu” Emergency Children’s Hospital, BucharestObjectives. The incidence and prevalence of renal disease in actual children poisoning is not fully known because renal structural and functional changes caused by nephrotoxins are nonspecifi c and toxic etiology is often overshadowed. This study aims to assess the prevalence of toxic nephropathies in a pediatric population, the etiology, clinical and laboratory aspects, prognostic factors, frequency of use of extra renale puration techniques and their impact on survival. Materials and methods. We conducted an observational, retrospective, multicentric study, over a period of 10 years, between 2003 and 2012, on 82 patients aged 0-18 years from two pediatric poison centers: the department of Toxicology SCUC “Grigore Alexandrescu” Bucharest and the Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Toxicology at the Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children in Cluj-Napoca. In the study group were included patients with acute intoxication who presented acute kidney injury defi ned by the AKIN criteria. Results. The etiology of poisoning that have associated acute kidney injury is dominated by drugs – 36.6%, followed by mushrooms – 24,4%, insecticides – 18.3% and alcohols – 11%. In smaller percentages we noted poisonings with caustic substances, hydrocarbons, nitrites and lead. Looking in detail we can observe that for the etiology of drug poisonings multidrug intoxications prevailed followed by poisonings with antibiotics most commonly gentamicin. In the case of multi drug poison ings the substances most frequently involved were: combination of Paracetamol, NSAIDs andMetamizol.In mushroom poisonings, in most cases were involved mushrooms with long incubation period probably Amanita Phalloides. For the Insecticide poisonings the etiology was represented mainly by organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides. The etiology of alcohol poisoning most commonly included cases of ethylenglycol. On the group of 82 cases studied, 26 deaths were recorded, mortality was 32%. We observed that oliguria, anuria, edema, hemorrhagic manifestations, polypnea, signs of shock, coma, and hepatic hepatocytolisis were risk factors for death in our study. The methods of extrarenal epuration or renal replacement treatment were carried out in 41% of cases. They were not protective factors in the study group. Conclusions. Acute poisoning cases in children show asignifi cant increasein recent years in our country. The cases oftoxic acute renal injury often have severe prognosis. Associated risk factorsshould be identifi ed and diagnosed quickly to establish aprioritized early and effective treatment.https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_PEDIATRICS/Revista_Romana_de_PEDIATRIE-2014-Nr.1/EN/RJP_2014_1_EN_Art-08.pdftoxic nephropathyacute kidney injurynephrotoxicity |
| spellingShingle | Alexandru-Ioan Ulmeanu Aurel Bizo Coriolan Ulmeanu ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS Romanian Journal of Pediatrics toxic nephropathy acute kidney injury nephrotoxicity |
| title | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS |
| title_full | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS |
| title_fullStr | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS |
| title_full_unstemmed | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS |
| title_short | ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT POISONING – PREVALENCE, ETIOLOGY AND RISK FACTORS |
| title_sort | acute kidney injury in children and adolescent poisoning prevalence etiology and risk factors |
| topic | toxic nephropathy acute kidney injury nephrotoxicity |
| url | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_Journal_of_PEDIATRICS/Revista_Romana_de_PEDIATRIE-2014-Nr.1/EN/RJP_2014_1_EN_Art-08.pdf |
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