Study of the Current Practice For AKI Management In Internal Medicine Hospital of Ain Shams University

Abstract

The incidence of AKI was higher in female patients compared with the incidence in males, The presence of risk factors like CKD, heart failure, age more than 65 years, DM, HTN, and liver cirrhosis was associated with an increased development of AKI. Nephrotoxic drugs and urinary tract infection are most common predisposing factors of AKI, renal causes of AKI are most commonly seen. . The total patients admitted in internal Hospital medicine between the first of June till the end of December were 9907 patients among which 636 patients developed AKI with the percentage (6.41%) ,There was 186 (29.2%) male patients and there were 450 (70.8%) female patients.