Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex disease process that is increasingly common and has an increased rate of adverse outcomes and mortality. It is commonly underdiagnosed in inpatient and community settings by many providers. This article is a comprehensive review of AKI from risk factors to ...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common cause of organ dysfunction in critically ill adults, with a single episode of AKI, regardless of stage, carrying a significant morbidity and mortality risk. Since the consensus on AKI nomenclature has been rea
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined by a sudden loss of excretory kidney function. AKI is part of a range of conditions summarized as acute kidney diseases and disorders (AKD), in which slow deterioration of kidney function or persistent kidney dysfunct
AKI is often classified as prerenal, intrarenal (or intrinsic), and postrenal injury. Intrarenal represents true kidney injury with damage to 1 or more of the 4 major structures of the kidney: the tubules, the glomeruli, the interstitium, or the intrarenal blood vessels.15Pre- and postrenal...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical condition with various causes and is associated with increased mortality. Despite advances in supportive care, AKI increases not only the risk of premature death compared with the general population but also
Kidney Sepsis This article is cited by Impact of mechanical ventilation on severe acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with and without COVID-19 – a multicentre propensity matched analysis Fabian Perschinka Timo Mayerhöfer Michael Joannidis ...
Cellular & Molecular Immunology volume 20, pages 680–682 (2023)Cite this article 526 Accesses Metrics details Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication affecting hospitalized patients in medical wards and usually arises from ischemia‒reperfusion injury (IRI), sepsis, and nephrotoxic ...
Over the last 15 years, the syndrome has been renamed as acute kidney injury (AKI) and standardized diagnostic and staging criteria anchored to changes in serum creatinine (SCr) and urine output (UO) to define AKI [2]. The RIFLE/AKIN and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) ...
Acute kidney injury (AKI), formerly called acute renal failure (ARF), is commonly defined as an abrupt decline in kidney function, clinically manifesting as a reversible acute increase in nitrogen waste products (measured by blood urea nitrogen [BUN] and serum creatinine levels) over the course ...
This review provides a focused and comprehensive update on emerging evidence related to acute kidney injury (AKI). Acute kidney injury is a significant cli