The research study will investigate the longitudinal cognitive outcomes in subjects admitted as children diagnosed with sepsis who may have had acute kidney injury. Each subject will be contacted 2-15 years after their incident admission in order to solicit responses to a functional and cognitive quality of life survey. Children admitted during the same time frame that did not have kidney injury will also be surveyed.

Population

Subjects are former patients admitted for sepsis as a child.

Brief Title

Long Term Cognitive Impact of Pediatric Acute Renal Injury

Official Title

Long Term Cognitive Impact of Pediatric Acute Renal Injury

Brief Summary

The research study will investigate the longitudinal cognitive outcomes in subjects admitted <br /> as children diagnosed with sepsis who may have had acute kidney injury. Each subject will be <br /> contacted 2-15 years after their incident admission in order to solicit responses to a <br /> functional and cognitive quality of life survey. Children admitted during the same time frame <br /> that did not have kidney injury will also be surveyed.

Detailed Description

250 subjects with a prior admission for pediatric sepsis will be contacted 2-15 years
following the incident admission in order to complete a survey to assess their overall
quality of life. Children will be administered the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) survey
with a parental section to allow for parental response. Adult subjects will take the adult
version of the PedsQL.

Outcome Measures

Outcome measures are the tests that investigators perform to prove whether or not a treatment being tested in a clinical trial is having any effect.