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ArticleHospital pediatrics2021

Acute Kidney Injury Among Children Admitted With Viral Rhabdomyolysis.

Hannah M Gardner, David J Askenazi, Jennifer A Hoefert, Alexis Helton, Chang L Wu

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Article in Hospital pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CK/Albumin and K/Ca ratios as predictors of clinical severity and renal replacement therapy in pediatric crush syndrome.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025
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  2. Rhabdomyolysis in Children: A State-of-the-Art Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Hannah M GardnerDivision of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado hannah.gardner@childrenscolorado.org.
David J AskenaziDivisions of Pediatric Nephrology.
Jennifer A HoefertDivision of General Academic Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Saint Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St Louis, Missouri.
Alexis HeltonSchool of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Chang L WuPediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics.
Pediatric Nephrology of Alabama · USSaint Louis University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

National Dissemination of I-Corps@NCATS: Accelerating Translation through CommercializationUL1TR003096 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GUTIERREZ, ORLANDO M, KIMBERLY, ROBERT P. · 2019 to 2023
$43.6M
UAB Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)UL1TR001417 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI KIMBERLY, ROBERT P. · 2015 to 2018
$31.4M
Phase 2 Study of Selective Cytopheretic Device for the Treatment of Pediatric Patients with Acute Kidney Injury R01FD005092 · FDA · INNOVATIVE BIOTHERAPIES, INC. · PI GOLDSTEIN, STUART L, HUMES, H. DAVID · 2015 to 2018
$976k
FDA HHS R01 FD005092NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001417NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR003096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfectious etiologies cause a large portion of pediatric rhabdomyolysis. Among pediatric patients with rhabdomyolysis, it is unknown who will develop acute kidney injury (AKI). We sought to test the hypothesis that a viral etiology would be associated with less AKI in children admitted with rhabdomyolysis than a nonviral etiology.

methodsIn this single-center retrospective cohort study, patients <21 years of age admitted with acute rhabdomyolysis from May 1, 2010, through December 31, 2018, were studied. The primary outcome was development of AKI, defined by using the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes guidelines. The primary predictor was identification of viral infection by laboratory testing or clinical diagnosis. Covariates included age, sex, race, insurance provider, presence of proteinuria and myoglobinuria, and initial creatinine kinase and serum urea nitrogen. Routine statistics and multivariable logistic modeling were performed via SAS 9.4 (SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC).

resultsIn total, 319 pediatric patients with rhabdomyolysis were studied. The median age was 13 years. Patients were predominately male (69.9%), non-Hispanic Black (55.2%), and publicly insured (45.1%). We found no difference in the rates of AKI in those with a viral diagnosis versus those without a viral diagnosis (30 of 77 [39.0%] vs 111 of 234 [47.4%];

conclusionsIn our study, viral rhabdomyolysis did not have lower rates of AKI compared with nonviral etiologies of AKI; therefore, providers should consider continued caution in these patients.

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Acute Kidney InjuryRhabdomyolysisAdolescentChildCreatinineHospitalizationHumansMaleRetrospective StudiesCreatinine

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PMID34301717
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