Review article: Acute kidney injury in critical illness Article de synthe`se: L’insuffisance rénale
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Objective Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with significantly increased morbidity and
mortality. To provide a uniformly accepted definition, the RIFLE classification was introduced …

Background Despite the substantial progress in the quality of critical care, the incidence and
mortality of acute kidney injury (AKI) continues to rise during hospital admissions. We …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in intensive care units (ICUs),
leading to adverse clinical outcomes and increasing costs. However, there are limited …

Chertow and colleagues (1) have an interesting and provocative paper in this issue of JASN
that brings a pragmatic approach to bear on the issue of defining acute renal failure. This …