… Kidney replacement therapy is used when complications cannot be … in care, the mortality
rate in patients requiring kidney … -sustaining therapy is no longer the goal of the patient's care. …

… of kidney injury rather than a single-hit, freestanding condition (figure 1). Chronic kidney …
) is an important risk factor in AKI development and AKI in turn predisposes patients to CKD. …

… Kidney injuries to other nephron segments cause other types of kidney cancer 81 . Thus, …
Certain biomarkers indicate early kidney injury or subclinical acute kidney injury (AKI) as a risk …

… model on patient care and outcomes. The AFTER AKI trial 99 is comparing processes of
care for 160 patients hospitalized with AKI who either received usual care or advanced hospital …

… Kidney dysfunction or damage can occur over a longer period or follow AKI in a continuum
with acute and chronic kidney disease. Biomarkers of kidney injury or stress are new tools for …

… The renal inflammatory response can cause injury to the endothelium, microcirculation and
tubular cells. If this damage is severe, it will lead to sustained clinical acute kidney injury (AKI…

… Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in the critically ill. Current standard of
care mainly relies on identification of patients at risk, haemodynamic optimization, avoidance of …

… with AKI as ESRD could also be a potential detriment to patient care as many outpatient
ESRD dialysis protocols have not traditionally focused on careful monitoring of recovery or …

… We suggest populations/patients at high risk for developing AKI should have a Kidney
Health Assessment (KHA) at least every 12 months to define and modify their AKI risk profile. …

… Both the timing and cause of an AKI episode may influence cost and LOS, which should be
considered when applying our results to patient care. We did not attempt to estimate the costs …