Frequency of acute kidney injury in tetanus patients of paediatric intensive care unit: a public hospital experience

ABSTRACT

Background and Objective: Tetanus is a potentially fatal but preventable disease. Mortality is related to severity of the disease, cardiovascular, pulmonary and renal complications. Acute kidney injury [AKI] is a frequent and lethal complication of tetanus. The objective was to determine the frequency of AKI in tetanus patients managed in a public hospital