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Table 3 The death rate observed among different causative diseases and constituent ratio in the 43 pediatric AKI death cases

From: Etiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury in Chinese children: a prospective multicentre investigation

Primary disease

Cases

Deaths

Death rate (%)

Death constituent ratio (%)

(n = 43)

Prerenal AKI

188

4

2.1

9.3

Severe dehydration

94

2

2.1

4.7

Congenital heart disease

20

1

5.0

2.3

Cardiomyopathy

9

1

11.1

2.3

Renal AKI

723

39

5.4

90.7

Nephrotic syndrome

78

3

3.8

7.0

Sepsis

62

15

24.2

34.9

Drug poisoning

58

2

3.4

4.7

Hemolytic uremic syndrome

43

1

2.3

2.3

Asphyxia

43

4

9.3

9.3

DIC

41

4

9.8

9.3

SLE

32

1

3.1

2.3

Pneumonia

26

6

23.1

14.0

Tumor

24

1

4.2

2.3

Acute progressive GN

1

1

100

2.3

Drowning

1

1

100

2.3

Postrenal AKI

323

0

0

0