Over the past two decades, it has been progressively recognized that patients with acute
illnesses complicated by AKI have increased health care costs and are at higher risk for …

Different definitions for acute kidney injury (AKI) once posed an important impediment to
research. The RIFLE consensus classification was the first universally accepted definition for …

Objectives To assess national trends of acute kidney injury (AKI) incidence, incremental
costs, risk factors, and readmissions among patients undergoing coronary angiography …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased risk of death in STEMI
patients undergoing primary PCI (pPCI). Although in this setting several AKI definitions have …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a devastating, common complication of critical illness in general
and cardiac surgery in particular. Knowledge gaps remain in defining the epidemiology and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI), mostly defined as a rise in serum creatinine concentration of more
than 0.5 mg/dl, is a common, serious, and potentially preventable complication of …

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) after coronary angiography (CAG) and primary
percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is frequently observed, and often interpreted as …

Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication in patients presenting with
acute coronary syndrome (ACS), particularly following percutaneous coronary intervention …

Background: Data on acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) who
underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after cardiac arrest are scarce. The …

Background: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a risk factor for long-term adverse outcomes,
including acute myocardial infarction and death. The objective of this study was to find out in …