CORRELATION BETWEEN PHOSPHATE LEVEL AND SEVERITY OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY AT SANGLAH HOSPITAL.

CORRELATION BETWEEN PHOSPHATE LEVEL AND SEVERITY OF ACUTE KIDNEY
INJURY AT SANGLAH HOSPITAL
I Ketut Suardana, Ketut Suwitra, Raka Widiana, I Wayan Sudhana, Jodi Sidharta
Loekman, Yenny Kandarini, Paramita Ayu
Nephrology and Hypertension Division, Internal Medicine Department,
Medical Faculty of Udayana University/Sanglah Hospital Denpasar
Background: Dysregulated mineral metabolism especially phosphate levels, is relatively
well characterized in chronic kidney disease (CKD). Emerging evidens showing that
dysregulated mineral metabolism in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) were identical
with CKD pateints.
Objective: To assess the correlation between phosphate level and severity of acute kidney
injury (AKI).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed on 53 AKI patients from June to August
2015 at Sanglah Hospital. Severity of AKI was defined by Kidney Disease Improving Global
Outcome (KDIGO) criteria. Statistical analysis was performed using spearman correlation.
Result: Among 53 patients, 33 (62,3%) were males and 20 (37,7%) were females, with
mean age 42 ± 10,8. There were 25 (47,2%) patients with stage 1 AKI, 12 (22,6%) with
stage 2 AKI and 16 (30,2%) with stage 3 AKI. Means phosfate level was 4,7 ± 2,1. There
was a strong correlation between phoshate level and severity of AKI (defined by KDIGO)
with r = 0,5, p