Table 1 ESM: Characteristics of all 57 included studies

Author (year) / Type of publication / Study period / Duration / Unit / Age group / Minimal TBSA / Country / Retro- or pro-
spective / Burn patients (n) / AKI patients (n) / AKI-RRT (n) / Prevalence AKI (%) / Mortality AKI (%) / Mortality AKI-RRT (%)
Fixed S-Cr cut-off (SOFA)
Sabry (2009) / Article / 7 / 7 / BU / Children+adults / 20 / Egypt / n.r. / 40 / 9 / 4 / 22.5 / 22.2 / 50.0
Mustonen (2008) / Article / 88-01 / 13 / BU / Adults / n.r. / Finland / R / 238 / 93 / 32 / 39.1 / 44.1 / 62.5
Sun (2007) / Article / 93-03 / 10 / BU / Adults / 30 / Taiwan / R / n.r. / 6 / 6 / n.r. / 83.3 / 83.3
Cooper (2006) / Article / 99-01 / 2 / n.r. (m.c.) / Adults / 20 / USA/Canada / P / 42 / 6 / n.r. / 14.3 / 50.0 / n.r.
Holm (2004) / Article / 00-02 / 2 / BU / Adults / 25 / Germany / P / 37 / 11 / 11 / 29.7 / n.r. / n.r.
Avashti (2003) / Article / n.r. (1year) / 1 / BU / Adults / n.r. / India / P / 209 / 11 / n.r. / 5.3 / 81.8 / n.r.
Kim (2003) / Article / 00-00 / 1 / BU / Adults / 30 / South Korea / R / 147 / 28 / 3 / 19.0 / 100 / 100
Spies (2003) / Article / 96-00 / 4 / n.r. / Children / 70-80 / USA / R / 33 / 5 / n.r. / 15.2 / 80.0 / n.r.
Cumming (2001) / Article / 98-99 / 1 / BU / n.r. / 20 / USA / P / 85 / 4 / n.r. / 4.7 / n.r. / n.r.
Barrow (2000) / Article / 82-99 / 17 / SD / Children / 50 / USA / R / 133 / 40 / n.r. / 30.1 / 47.5 / n.r.
Chrysopoulo (1999) / Article / 81-98 / 17 / BU / Adults / okt/30 / USA / R / 1404 / 76 / 67 / 5.4 / 88.2 / 91.0
Hoste (1998) / Abstract / 96-98 / 2 / BU / Adults / 10 / Belgie / R / 66 / 22 / n.r. / 33.3 / 50.0 / n.r.
Jeschke (1998) / Article / 66-97 / 31 / BU / Children / n.r. / USA / R / 5000 / 60 / 34 / 1.2 / 73.3 / 82.4
Huang (1995) / Article / 86-93 / 7 / BU / Adults / n.r. / USA / R / 174 / 37 / n.r. / 21.3 / 94.6 / n.r.
Saffle (1993) / Article / 87-90 / 3 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / USA / R / 529 / 201 / 4 / 38.0 / 16.4 / 100.0
Schiavon (1988) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / n.r. / Adults / >35 or <25 / Italy / P / 20 / 4 / n.r. / 20.0 / 100.0 / n.r.
Aikawa (1987) / Article / 79-85 / 6 / n.r. (m.c.) / Children+adults / n.r. / Japan / R / 158 / 17 / n.r. / 10.8 / 88.2 / n.r.
Vanholder (1987) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / BU / n.r. / 20 / Belgie / n.r. / 34 / 10 / n.r. / 29.4 / 70.0 / n.r.
Planas (1982) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / BU / Adults / 30 / USA / R / 29 / 11 / 3 / 37.9 / 72.7 / n.r.
Relative increase S-Cr (RIFLE)
Mosier (2010) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / BU (m.c.) / Adults / 20 / USA / R / 221 / 109 / 25 / 49.3 / 34.9 / 64.0
Chung (2009) / Article / 03-07 / 4 / BU / Adults / 40 / USA / R / n.r. / 57 / 31 / n.r. / n.r. / n.r.
Palmieri (2009) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / BU / Adults / 20 / USA / R / 60 / 32 / n.r. / 53.3 / 34.4 / n.r.
Palmieri (2009) / Article / n.r. / 2 / BU / Children / 10 / USA / R / 123 / 56 / n.r. / 45.5 / 8.9 / n.r.
Mariano (2008) / Article / 03-05 / 2 / BU / Adults / n.r. / Italy / P / 258 / 19 / 15 / 7.4 / 52.6 / n.r.
Steinvall (2008) / Article / 97-05 / 8 / BU / Adults / 20 / Sweden / R / 127 / 31 / 4 / 24.4 / 35.5 / 75.0
Coca (2007) / Article / 98-03 / 5 / BU / Adults / 10 / USA / R / 304 / 81 / 11 / 26.6 / 28.4 / 72.7
Lopes (2007) / Letter / 04-05 / 1 / BU / Adults / n.r. / Portugal / R / 126 / 45 / n.r. / 35.7 / 46.7 / n.r.
Williams (2002) / Article / 79-98 / 19 / PD / Children / n.r. / USA / R / n.r. / 13 / n.r. / n.r. / 30.8 / n.r.
Hu (1998) / Article / n.r. / BU / Adults / 30 / China / R / 45 / 8 / n.r. / 17.8 / 87.5 / n.r.
Rossiter (1995) / Abstract / 91-93 / 2 / BU / n.r. / n.r. / USA / R / 777 / 147 / 11 / 18.9 / 27.2 / n.r.
Only Urine Output
O'Mara (2000) / Article / n.r. (5year) / 5 / BU / Adults / 60 / USA / R / 39 / 25 / n.r. / 64.1 / 84.0 / n.r.
El Danaf (1995) / Article / 91-93 / 2 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / Saudi Arabia / R / 144 / 23 / n.r. / 16.0 / 47.8 / n.r.
Hubsher (1986) / Article / 84-85 / 1 / BU / Adults / n.r. / USA / P / n.r. / 5 / 5 / n.r. / 80.0 / 80.0
Hockmuth (1963) / Article / 50-60 / 10 / n.r. (m.c.) / Children+adults / 10 / USA / R / 280 / 21 / 1 / 7.5 / 100.0 / 100.0
Only BUN
Rohan (1972) / Article / 67-71 / 4 / n.r. / Adults / n.r. / France / R / 273 / 22 / n.r. / 8.1 / 77.3 / n.r.
Cameron (1967) / Article / 53-66 / 13 / BU / Children / 15 / United Kingdom / R / 720 / 22 / n.r. / 3.1 / 95.5 / n.r.
Vertel (1967) / Article / 60-66 / 6 / SD / Adults / n.r. / USA / R / 1050 / 34 / n.r. / 3.2 / 88.2 / n.r.
AKI-RRT
Maharaj (2008) / Abstract / 03-06 / 3 / BU / n.r. / 10 / United Kingdom / R / 227 / 24 / 24 / 10.6 / 91.7 / 91.7
Garner (2005) / Article / 94-04 / 10 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / USA / R / 3118 / 44 / 44 / 1.4 / 65.9 / 65.9
Tremblay (2000) / Article / 95-98 / 3 / BU / Adults / n.r. / Canada / R / 353 / 12 / 12 / 3.4 / 50.0 / 50.0
Holm (1999) / Article / 94-98 / 4 / BU / Adults / 10 / Germany / R / 328 / 48 / 48 / 14.6 / 85.4 / 85.4
Abdel-Rahnan (1997) / Abstract / 79-95 / 16 / BU / Adults / 30 / USA / R / 197 / 18 / 18 / 9.1 / 66.7 / 66.7
Leblanc (1997) / Article / 87-94 / 7 / BU / Adults / n.r. / Canada / R / 970 / 16 / 16 / 1.6 / 81.3 / 81.3
Davies (1994) / Article / 94-94 / 1 / BU (m.c.) / n.r. / n.r. / United Kingdom / R / 1500 / 15 / 15 / 1.0 / 80.0 / 80.0
Gueugniaud (1993) / Book / 88-92 / 14 / BU / n.r. / n.r. / France / R / 1457 / 44 / 44 / 3.0 / 77.3 / 77.3
Haberal (1993) / Article / 79-89 / 10 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / Turkey / R / 915 / 19 / 19 / 2.1 / 78.9 / 78.9
Dorricott (1968) / Letter / 62-68 / 6 / n.r. / n.r. / n.r. / United Kingdom / R / n.r. / 8 / 7 / n.r. / 100 / 100
Marshall (1965) / Article / 63-64 / 1 / SD / Adults / n.r. / Australia / R / n.r. / 4 / 4 / n.r. / 100 / 100
Other
Chung B (2009) / Article / 05-08 / 3 / SD / Adults / 20 / USA / R / 52 / 8 / n.r. / 15.4 / n.r. / n.r.
Gudaviciene (2004) / Article / 97-03 / 6 / BU / Adults / 10 / Lithuana / R/P / 138 / 14 / n.r. / 10.1 / 85.7 / n.r.
Nguyen (2002) / Article / 97-99 / 2 / BU / Children / 10 / Vietnam / R / 695 / 14 / n.r. / 2.0 / n.r. / n.r.
O'Keefe (2001) / Article / 89-98 / 10 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / USA / R / 4927 / 92 / n.r. / 1.9 / n.r. / n.r.
Tweddell (1987) / Article / 64-83 / 19 / BU / Children / n.r. / USA / R / 1785 / 4 / n.r. / 0.2 / 100 / n.r.
Davies (1979) / Article / 58-78 / 20 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / United Kingdom / R / 1064 / 28 / 25 / 0.8* / 85.7 / 88.0
Cason (1966) / Abstract / 53-65 / 12 / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / United Kingdom / R / 3690 / 49 / n.r. / 1.3 / 100 / n.r.
Proyard (1963) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / n.r. / Adults / 45 / Belgium / P / n.r. / 4 / n.r. / n.r. / 50.0 / n.r.
Creysel (1962) / Article / n.r. / n.r. / BU / Children+adults / n.r. / France / R / 430 / 103 / n.r. / 24.0 / n.r. / n.r.

Table legend

n.r., not reported; R, retrospective; P, prospective, m.c, multi centre study; BU, Burn Unit; PD, Pediatric Department; SD, Surgical Department;

USA, United States of America; UK, United Kingdom

*AKI prevalence reported by Davies et al.