BACKGROUND: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in hospitalized patients. The impact of
AKI on long-term outcomes is controversial. STUDY DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-…

… We hypothesized that the heightened risk of adverse outcomes after AKI would vary by
injury severity and clinical setting and that this information could be used to inform estimates of …

… of differing aetiologies, severity of kidney injury and clinical scenarios, but its presence almost
universally increases resource utilization and the risk of adverse outcomes. Along with the …

… of acute kidney injury, current … of acute kidney injury that may permit earlier and more
accurate diagnosis. This review summarizes the major epidemiologic studies of acute kidney injury …

… of kidney function, serum creatinine level and urine output, to define the presence and severity
of kidney injury… Incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury in a referred chronic kidney …

… Kidney Injury Network offers a mechanism for proceeding with efforts to improve patient
outcomes… that small alterations in kidney function may contribute to adverse outcomes. The goal …

… of AKI and the risk factors for adverse outcomes after AKI. We also discuss contemporary …
for novel strategies to improve the quality and outcomes of care following AKI. Finally, we …

… contribute to long-term adverse outcomes have important implications. While previous studies
have examined the association of AKI on kidney and cardiac complications in hospitalized …

… risk of serious, adverse outcomes associated with CA-… , adverse outcomes), and explore
whether CA-AKI is a mediator of the association of baseline kidney function with these outcomes …

… , with even small or transient declines in kidney function associating with serious adverse
outcomes ( 4 ). In parallel, long-term outcomes in AKI survivors have become a major area of …