Acute kidney injury after a stroke: A PRISMA‐compliant meta‐analysis

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Abstract
Background: The relationship between acute kidney injury (AKI) and stroke needs quantitative summary. Therefore, we analyzed the associations between AKI and stroke including the incidence, risk factors of AKI after stroke, and the influence of AKI after a stroke on prognosis of stroke.Methods: Articles published until November 2019 were searched based on the following databases: PubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, Medline, and Google Scholar. We computed the following results [rates of AKI incidence after a stroke, odds ratios (ORs) or relative risks (RRs) estimates and the 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between risk factors and AKI, ORs or RRs and the CIs for the association between AKI and outcomes after a stroke] by using STATA 13.0 software.Results: The study reported an overall incidence of AKI of 12% with a random‐effects model. Additionally, the present study showed that higher National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score on admission and history of hypertension were associated with higher risk of AKI after stroke. Moreover, the study showed that AKI after stroke was associated with higher in‐hospital mortality, higher 1‐month mortality, higher long‐term mortality, and poorer functional outcome.Conclusions: Acute kidney injury appears to be a common complication after stroke and is related to increased mortality and disability in stroke. Additionally, high NIHSS score on admission and history of hypertension were the critical risk factors for the AKI after stroke. More large‐scale studies should be made to explore AKI after stroke.
Funding Information
  • the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province (20171BAB215055)
  • The National Natural Science Foundation of China (81704052)
  • The Science and Technology Research Project of Jiangxi Provincial Department of Education (160850)

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