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 …

The long-term sequelae of AKI have received increasing attention so that its associations
with a number of adverse outcomes, including higher mortality and development of CKD, are …

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 …

Results We identified 1,688,457 patients and 2,689,093 hospitalizations across the study
period. Among patients with AKI, 6% died in hospital, and 28% died within 1 year. In …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical problem. Studies have
documented the incidence of AKI in a variety of populations but to date we do not believe the …

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) has increased in the past decades. AKI
complicates up to 15% of hospitalizations and can reach up to 50–60% in critically ill …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) has attracted considerable attention with the recognition that even
small changes in renal function may have profound effects on major outcomes, regardless of …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical problem defined by an abrupt (within 48
hours) increase in serum creatinine resulting from an injury or insult that causes a functional …

Standardized systems for defining and staging AKI predict mortality in a stage-dependent
manner. In 2012, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) criteria unified …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is characterized by an acute decrease in renal function that can be
multifactorial in its origin and is associated with complex pathophysiological mechanisms. In …