Acute renal failure SNAPPE and mortality

Background: The aim of the present study was to determine, using the score for neonatal acute physiology and perinatal extension II (SNAPPE-II), whether there is an association with acute renal failure (ARF) and whether it is possible to identify newborns at risk for ARF prior to a rise in creatinine in newborns. Methods: Information on postnatal risk factors and SNAPPE-II on the first day of life (non-ARF group, n = 475; ARF group, n = 78) were collected. Renal failure was defined as serum creatinine level >1 mg/dL and >1.3 mg/dL (for 333 weeks and