Background: Currently, there is limited epidemiology data on acute kidney injury (AKI) in Indonesia. Therefore, we assessed the incidence of AKI and the utilization of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Indonesia. Methods: Demographic and clinical data were collected from 952 ICU participants. The participants were categorized into AKI and non-AKI groups. The participants were further classified according to the 3 different stages of AKI as per the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria. Results: Overall incidence of AKI was 43%. The participants were divided into three groups based on the AKI stages: 18.5% had stage 1, 33% had stage 2, and 48.5% had stage 3. Primary diagnosis of renal disease and high APACHE II score were the risk factors associated with AKI (OR = 4.53, 95% CI: 1.67-12.33, p = 0.003 and OR = 1.14 per 1 unit increase, 95% CI: 1.09-1.20, p < 0.001, respectively). Chronic kidney disease was the risk factor for severe AKI. Sepsis was the leading cause of AKI. Among the AKI participants, 24.6% required RRT. The most common RRT modalities were intermittent hemodialysis (71.7%), followed by slow low-efficiency dialysis (22.8%), continuous renal replacement therapy (4.3%), and peritoneal dialysis (1.1%). Conclusions: This study showed that AKI was a common problem in the Indonesian ICU. We strongly believe that identification of the risk factors associated with AKI will help us develop a predictive score for AKI so we can prevent and improve AKI outcome in the future.

Despite an increase in incident peritoneal dialysis (PD) use of 20% per year, the overall PD prevalence in Indonesia is only 1–2%, with the goal of 30% yet to be reached by 2019. In the absence of contraindications, increasing continuous ambulatory PD (CAPD) use may be an attractive option for Indonesia to reduce the high costs of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) treatment. The implementation of CAPD in Indonesia faces several challenges, including the cost of PD, the unique archipelagic geography, limited facilities and trained medical personnel in rural areas, inadequate reimbursement rates and incentive fees, high rates of PD discontinuation, as well as insufficient knowledge regarding CAPD by the general public and health professionals. Changes in the policy of medical service incentive fees and improvements in the national health insurance system regulation over CAPD may improve the utilization of PD for ESKD patients in Indonesia. Nationwide promotional and preventive efforts on chronic kidney disease, dialysis modality education and establishment of PD training programs for medical professionals are necessary.

Background : Currently, there is limited epidemiology data on acute kidney injury (AKI) in Indonesia.Therefore, we assessed the incidence of AKI and the utilization of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Indonesia. Methods : Demographic and clinical data were collected from 952 ICU participants. The participants were categorized into AKI and non-AKI groups. The participants were further classified according to the 3 different stages of AKI as per the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria. Results : Overall incidenceof AKI was 43%. The participants were divided into three groups based on the AKI stages: 18.5% had stage 1, 33% had stage 2, and 48.5% had stage 3. Primary diagnosis of renal disease and high APACHE II score were the risk factors associated with AKI (OR = 4.53, 95% CI: 1.67-12.33, p=0.003 and OR = 1.14 per 1 unit increase, 95% CI: 1.09-1.20, p<0.001, respectively).Chronic kidney disease was the risk factor for severe AKI. Sepsis was the leading cause of AKI.Among the AKI participants, 24.6% required RRT. The most common RRT modalities were intermittent hemodialysis (71.7%), followed by slow low-efficiency dialysis (22.8%), continuous renal replacement therapy (4.3%), and peritoneal dialysis (1.1%). Conclusions : This study showed that AKI was a common problem in the Indonesian ICU. We strongly believe that identification of the risk factors associated with AKI will help us develop a predictive score for AKI so we can prevent and improve AKI outcome in the future.

Background : Currently, there is limited epidemiology data on acute kidney injury (AKI) from Southeast Asia, especially from Indonesia which is one of the biggest countries in Southeast Asia. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence of AKI and the utilization of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Indonesia. Methods : Demographic and clinical data were collected from 952 ICU participants. The participants were categorized into AKI and non-AKI groups. The participants were further classified according to the 3 different stages of AKI as per the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria. We then assessed the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score of AKI and non-AKI participants. RRT modalities were listed according to the number of times the procedures were carried out. Results : Overall incidence of AKI was 43%. The participants were divided into three groups based on the AKI stages: 18.5 % had stage 1, 33% had stage 2, and 48.5 % had stage 3. The use of mechanical ventilation was higher among the participants with AKI compared to the non-AKI participants. Also, AKI participants had higher average APACHE score compared to the non-AKI participants (16.5 vs 9.9). Among the AKI participants, 24.6% required RRT. The most common RRT modalities were intermittent hemodialysis (69.4%), followed by slow low-efficiency dialysis (22.1%), continuous renal replacement therapy (4.2%), and peritoneal dialysis (1.1%). Conclusions : This study showed that AKI is a common problem in the Indonesian ICU and had a high mortality rate. We strongly believe that identification of the risk factors associated with AKI will help us to develop a predictability score for AKI so we can prevent and improve AKI outcome in the future.

Background : Currently, there is limited data of large databases of acute kidney injury (AKI) epidemiology from Southeast Asia, especially in Indonesia, the biggest countries in. Therefore, we aimed to provide demographic data of intensive care unit (ICU) patients with AKI and the utilization of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in Indonesia. Methods : We collected demographic and clinical data from 952 ICU patients. Patients were classified into AKI and non-AKI. AKI was classified according to the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcome (KDIGO) criteria in three stages. We then assess the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score of AKI and non-AKI patients. RRT modalities were listed down by the number of procedures conducted. Results : Overall incidence of AKI was 43%, distributed among three stages: 18.5 % stage 1, 33% stage 2, 48.5 % stage 3. Patients developing AKI need mechanical ventilation more often in comparison with non-AKI. Patients with AKI have an average APACHE score of 16.5, while non-AKI patients have an average score of 9.9. Among AKI patients, 24.6% requires RRT. The most common RRT modalities were intermittent hemodialysis (69.4%), followed by slow low efficiency dialysis (22.1%), continuous renal replacement therapy (4.2%), and peritoneal dialysis (1.1%). Conclusions: This study showed that AKI is a common problem in Indonesian ICU with containing a high mortality rate. We strongly believe that identification the risk factor of AKI will provide the opportunity to develop the predictability score for AKI prevention and finally improve AKI outcome.