Acute Kidney Injury in association with Acute Pancreatitis

Abstract

Objective: To report case series of patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) developing in association with acute pancreatitis (AP).

Methods: All patients coming to Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT), who developed AKI in association with acute pancreatitis, were included in the study. AKI was defined with sudden rise in creatinine and decline in urine output with normal size kidneys and no previous co morbid. AP defined as patients with abdominal pain and > 3 times rise in serum amylase and /or lipase and radiology suggestive of AP.

Results: Between 2000- 2017, 24 patients were found to have AKI in association with AP. Among these 13 were female, mean age was 36.875