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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most overlooked post-operative complications and yet associated with increased morbidity and mortality. AKI occurring after emergency obstetric surgery is an area that requires attention and further characterization. This study was carried out to determine the proportion, clinical profile ,outcomes and treatment modalities of postoperative AKI in emergency obstetric surgery at a Tertiary Hospital in Tanzania.
The study was a retrospective cohort study, included all patients who underwent emergency obstetric surgery, delivered at gestational age ≥ 28 week at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania, from 2019 to 2021 .Data were collected from theatre records, hospital electronic system and inpatient files, using a structured checklist; information included clinical profile and laboratory parameters. We excluded patients with history chronic kidney disease and patients without baseline serum creatinine or follow-up serum creatinine levels. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was identified by Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome KDIGO-criteria for serum creatinine ,during seven days of an operative intervention. Data was processed using IBM Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPPS) v23.0 software.
In the cohort, a total of 952 women underwent emergency obstetric surgery,180 patients were included in our analysis.54 out of 180 obstetric surgical patients (30%) developed AKI, within postoperative day seven (POD7), of these 26(48.1%) had AKI Stage I, 8(14.8%) had AKI Stage II and 20 (37%) had AKI Stage III, forty-two (78%) of these developed AKI within the first 48 hours of surgery. The mean age of AKI patients were 29.50 (± 7.20) years. The Outcome of participants who had AKI include 19 (35.2%) had full renal recovery, Persistent AKI 35 (64.8%) and death occurred in 11 (20.4 %),Thirty-six (66.7%) were managed conservatively, hemodialysis was done in 18(33.3%) of patients.
The proportion of Acute Kidney Injury is high after emergency obstetric surgery. The majority of AKI patients were managed conservatively, though some required dialysis and the mortality due to AKI is alarming. Further studies required to investigate the risk factors for AKI and the associated outcomes in the obstetric population.