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Background: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a serious health problem worldwide, that account for high hospital morbidity and mortality. The 0 by 25 initiative from the International Society of Nephrology is designed to reduce avoidable AKI-related death worldwide by 2025 and considers a key point on the research agenda epidemiological data accumulation. There is little available information regarding the characteristics and incidence of AKI in Latin America, especially in Mexico. Methods: We performed a systematic search for articles with both pediatric and adult patients admitted to general ward facility, Emergency Room (ER) or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) published between January 1st, 2000, and December 31st, 2019. MEDLINE LILIACS, EMBASE and SciELO were searched for eligible studies, and we explored for additional reports from supplements, abstracts, and conference proceedings. We performed a random-effects meta-analysis for clinically and methodologically comparable studies to estimate the frequency of AKI and KRT. We calculated pooled estimates strati ed by age group, year of publication and setting. Results: 71 full-text articles describing epidemiology of AKI in Mexico were inclu

Author

Jose J. Zaragoza; Jonathan S. Chavez-Iñiguez; Armando Vazquez Rangel

Publisher

Research Square Platform LLC

Published

2023

Language

EN