Pregnancy-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Low-Resource Settings: Progress Over the Last Decade

Summary: Despite immense global effort, the maternal mortality rate in low-resource settings remains unacceptably high. Globally, this reflects the grave inequalities in access to health and reproductive services. Pregnancy-associated acute kidney injury (PRAKI) is an independent risk factor for mortality. The reported incidence of PRAKI in low- and middle-income countries is higher than that of high-income countries (4%-26% versus 1%-2.8%, respectively). Hypertensive disorders are now the leading cause of PRAKI in many regions, followed by hemorrhage and sepsis.

Source: Seminars in Nephrology - April 2, 2023 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Bianca Davidson, Divya Bajpai, Silvi Shah, Erika Jones, Perditer Okyere, Nicola Wearne, Ramnika Gumber, Nikhil Saxena, Charlotte Osafo Source Type: research