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Volume2, Issue2

Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Renal Injury

    Emad Hassan AL-Jaff

journal of kerbala university, 2006, Volume 2, Issue 2, Pages 23-28

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Abstract

Introduction: renal trauma is the most common urologic trauma and occurs in 3% of all admissions and as many as 10% of patients who sustained abdominal trauma.
Patients and methods: 36 patients had renal injury, 28 patients injured during explosion due terrorist's attacks. 30 males and 6 females, age 11-50 years.
All underwent emergency resuscitation then the patients either admitted to the ward for further evaluation or underwent emergency exploration if indicated.
Results:
The mechanism of injury was blunt trauma in 18 patients 50%, penetrating trauma in 14 patients 38.9% and combined in 6 patients 11.1%.
The grades of injury were grades I & II in 16 patients 44.4%, grade III in 8 patients 22.1%, grade IV in 9 patients 25% and grade V in 3 patients 8.3%. Other organs involvement was found in 20 patients 55.5%, 4 patients 20% had blunt trauma, 15 patients 75% had penetrating trauma and one patient 5% had combined trauma.
Death occurred in 9 patients 25%, 8 (44.4%) had penetrating trauma and one patient 5.5% had blunt trauma .The commonest causes of death were septicemia and renal failure.
Conclusions:
Type and severity of injury and other organs involvement are important factors in mortality of patients with renal injury
Keywords:
    renal injury complication mortality
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(2006). Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Renal Injury. journal of kerbala university, 2(2), 23-28.
Emad Hassan AL-Jaff. "Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Renal Injury". journal of kerbala university, 2, 2, 2006, 23-28.
(2006). 'Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Renal Injury', journal of kerbala university, 2(2), pp. 23-28.
Risk Factors for Mortality in Patients with Renal Injury. journal of kerbala university, 2006; 2(2): 23-28.
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