HAVCR1 and acute kidney injury: Since there was no significant difference in the initial levels of urinary biomarkers among children with non-AKI, AKI stage 1 and AKI stage 2 (except KIM-1 and TIMP-2), as shown in Additional file 1: Table S1, the comparison of the demographic and clinical characteristics and the initial and peak levels of urinary biomarkers among survivors with non-AKI (n = 86), survivors with AKI stage 1 or 2 (n = 20), and survivors with AKI stage 3 or non-survivors (n = 17) is displayed in Additional file 1: Table S3.