Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs frequently in hospitalized patients, regardless of age or prior
medical history. Increasing awareness of the epidemiologic problem of AKI has directly led …

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 …

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 …

In March, the US Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion published data on trends in
hospitalizations for kidney disease from 1980 through 2005 (1). During this 25-year period …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a commonly encountered syndrome associated with various
aetiologies and pathophysiological processes leading to decreased kidney function. In …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) that requires renal replacement therapy is associated with a
mortality rate that exceeds 50% in the intensive care unit, which is greater than other serious …

The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) will in the future remain high, partly due to an
increase in comorbidities and other AKI favoring factors such as the rise in high-risk …

Acute renal failure, now called acute kidney injury (AKI), is common and costly and carries a
very high morbidity and mortality. As it is often preventable, identification of at-risk patients …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a widespread problem of epidemic status. Compelling evidence
indicates that the incidence of AKI is rapidly increasing, particularly among hospitalized …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is widely recognized as an important predictor of morbidity and
mortality and as an antecedent to chronic kidney disease (1). In the past 5 yr, there has been …