In-hospital mortality in elderly patients with acute kidney injury requiring dialysis: a cohort analysis

To determine risk factors for in-hospital mortality in elderly patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring dialysis. AKI requiring dialysis is frequent in elderly and is associated with an increased intra-hospital mortality. With the growing number of older individuals among hospitalized patients with AKI demands a thorough investigation of the factors that contribute to their mortality to improve outcomes. We performed a retrospective...