Abstract

Background: We aimed to describe nephrotoxic medication exposure and investigate associations between exposure and acute kidney injury (AKI) in the neonatal intensive care unit during the first postnatal week. Design/methods: Secondary analysis of the AWAKEN cohort. We evaluated nephrotoxic medication exposure during the first postnatal week and associations with AKI using time-varying Cox proportional hazard regressions models. Nephrotoxic medication exposure categories were defined as: no nephrotoxic medication, nephrotoxic medications excluding aminoglycosides, aminoglycoside alone, and aminoglycoside and another nephrotoxic medication. Results: Of 2162 neonates, 1616 (74.7%) received ≥1 nephrotoxic medication. Aminoglycoside receipt was most common (72%). AKI developed in 211(9.8%) neonates and was associated with a nephrotoxic medication exposure (p < 0.01). Nephrotoxic medication exposures including a nephrotoxic medication excluding aminoglycoside (aHR 3.14, 95% CI 1.31–7.55) and aminoglycoside and another nephrotoxic medication (aHR 4.79, 95% CI 2.19–10.50) were independently associated with AKI and severe AKI (stage 2/3), respectively. Conclusions: Nephrotoxic medication exposure in critically ill infants is common during the first postnatal week. Specific nephrotoxic medication exposure, principally aminoglycosides with another nephrotoxic medication, are independently associated with early AKI.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1029-1037
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Perinatology
Volume43
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2023

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