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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized, but data in the most immature neonates, especially those born at 22\u201323\u00a0weeks, are limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of inborn neonates at the University of Alabama at Birmingham between 2015 and 2021, born at 22\u201327\u2009+\u20096\u00a0weeks gestation and\u2009\u2265\u2009400\u00a0g without major anomalies. Early AKI was defined using KDIGO serum creatinine criteria based on postnatal days 3\u20137 measurements. The primary outcome was death within 7 postnatal days, and we evaluated AKI with logistic regression models to adjust for gestational age (GA), birth weight z-score, antenatal steroids, 5-min Apgar, and study year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 813 neonates, 487 (59.9%) had sufficient creatinine data for AKI assessment. Median GA was 25.5\u00a0weeks, and birth weight was 717\u00a0g. Overall, 60 neonates (12.3%) developed AKI. Incidence decreased with advancing gestation, from 27% in 22-week GA neonates to 5% in 27-week GA neonates. Early mortality occurred in 39 of 487 (8.0%). After adjustment, AKI was associated with higher odds of early mortality (aOR 2.48, 95% CI 0.88\u20137.02), though this did not reach statistical significance. Severe AKI showed a stronger association (aOR 3.99, 95% CI 0.94\u201316.9).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>AKI incidence was inversely associated with GA in this large cohort enriched with 22\u201323-week neonates. Severe AKI may increase early mortality risk, underscoring the need for systematic kidney monitoring in the most immature neonates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00467-026-07214-9","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]],"date-time":"2026-04-10T02:34:54Z","timestamp":1775788494000},"page":"3023-3032","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Acute kidney injury and early mortality in extremely preterm neonates born at 22\u201327\u00a0weeks gestation"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"41","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0270-678X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elad","family":"Resnick","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Colm","family":"Travers","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Russell","family":"Griffin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Namasivayam","family":"Ambalavanan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David J.","family":"Askenazi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"7214_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e219382","DOI":"10.1001\/jamanetworkopen.2021.9382","volume":"4","author":"Z Zhu","year":"2021","unstructured":"Zhu Z, Yuan L, Wang J, Li Q, Yang C, Gao X et al (2021) Mortality and morbidity of infants born extremely preterm at tertiary medical centers in China from 2010 to 2019. 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