Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a sudden episode of kidney failure or kidney damage that happens within a few hours or a few days. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is still a major problem of today´s clinical medicine. Present study aimed to study the acute kidney injury patients admitted in an ICU in terms of their age, sex and presenting complaints. 

Methods: 100 patients with acute kidney injury admitted in the intensive care unit of MGM medical college and hospital, Kamothe were selected for the study who are fitting into the inclusion criteria.

Results: The study presented the details of patients admitted with acute kidney injury in ICU. The study showed that maximum patients were males and above 50 years of age. Study also showed that fever and breathlessness were two major complaints among the patients followed by vomiting, pedal oedema, cough and few other.

Keywords: Acute Kidney Injury.

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Dr Badal Taori

Junior Resident