Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an increasingly common complication of hospitalization and
acute illness. Experimental data indicate that AKI may cause permanent kidney damage …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of hospitalization and is associated with
an increased risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD), end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been shown to be associated with progression to chronic
kidney disease (CKD). Multiple studies have shown that subsets of AKI survivors are at high …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered to be a major public health problem around the
globe, and it is associated with major adverse clinical outcomes and significant health care …

In the past two decades, a substantial increase in the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI)
and kidney injury requiring dialysis has occurred in North America. This increase has …

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 …

Short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI), such as length of hospital stay and
inpatient mortality, are well documented. Recently, the impact of AKI on long-term outcomes …

There is increasing recognition that acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease
(CKD) are closely linked and likely promote one another. Underlying CKD now is …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a devastating clinical problem that affects a growing number of
patients, especially elderly ones, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. It was …

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 …