CONCLUSION
In conclusion, approximately 10% of salicylate intoxication patients
developed AKI during hospitalization. Development of AKI in a setting of
salicylate intoxication was associated with increased in-hospital
mortality and organ failure development. Additionally, development of
AKI was also found to be associated with increase in resource
utilization, length of stay, and hospitalization cost. Chronic kidney
disease, sepsis, older age, volume depletion, more recent year of
hospitalization, male sex, anemia, ventricular arrhythmia/cardiac
arrest, congestive heart failure, and hypertension were found to be
associated with an increased risk of developing AKI, and therefore,
could be possible predisposing factors.