Utility of fractional excretion of urea in the differential diagnosis of acute kidney injury in children

Hisayo Fujita, Masayoshi Shinjoh, Tomohiro Ishii, Midori Awazu

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Introduction: The fractional excretion of sodium (FENa) has been used as an index for the differential diagnosis of acute tubular necrosis (ATN) and prerenal acute kidney injury (AKI). The reliability of this index, however, decreases with the use of the diuretic agent furosemide. The fractional excretion of urea nitrogen (FEUN) has been shown to be useful in such settings in adults. The objective of this study was to examine whether FEUN is also useful in these settings in children. Methods: We assessed 102 episodes of AKI in 74 children, classifying these into three groups based on history, physical examination, urine examination and subsequent clinical course: (1) prerenal AKI without furosemide (N = 37), (2) prerenal AKI with furosemide (N = 32) and (3) ATN (N = 33). Results: Of the 37 prerenal AKI episodes without furosemide, 35 showed low FENa of <1 %, with an overall average of 0.35 ± 0.11 %, whereas prerenal AKI with furosemide (1.63 ± 0.37 %) and ATN (8.76 ± 2.11 %) were associated with a higher FENa. FEUN in the clinical setting of prerenal AKI was lower than that in ATN (27.9 ± 2.1 vs. 51.6 ± 3.8 %, respectively) and, in contrast to FENa, not significantly different between the categories of prerenal AKI with and without furosemide (29.2 ± 3.1 vs. 25.1 ± 2.9, respectively). The sensitivity of FEUN <35 % was 75 % in prerenal AKI with furosemide, whereas that of FENa was 53 %. Conclusions: FEUN is useful in detecting prerenal AKI in children administered furosemide.

本文言語English
ページ(範囲)1349-1353
ページ数5
ジャーナルPediatric Nephrology
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DOI
出版ステータスPublished - 2016 8月 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 腎臓病学
  • 小児科学、周産期医学および子どもの健康

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