Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome which has a broad range of etiologic factors
depending on different clinical settings. Because AKI has significant impacts on prognosis in …

Acute kidney injury is common, dangerous and costly, affecting around one in five patients
emergency admissions to hospital. Although survival decreases as disease worsens, it is …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is one of the most frequent and prognostic-relevant complications
of cardiogenic shock (CS) complicating myocardial infarction (MI). Mechanical circulatory …

Background Although the present diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) involves
measurement of acute increases in serum creatinine (SC) and reduced urine output (UO) …

Purpose In critical illness, the relation between the macrocirculation, microcirculation and
organ dysfunction, such as acute kidney injury (AKI), is complex. This study aimed at …

Background Missing preadmission serum creatinine (SCr) values are a common obstacle to
assess acute kidney injury (AKI) diagnosis and outcomes. The Kidney Disease Improving …

Background The occurrence of delayed graft function (DGF) significantly enhances the
possibility of both acute and chronic rejection of the transplanted organ, thereby reducing …

Background The current diagnostic criteria for acute kidney injury mainly rely on baseline
serum creatinine (SCr-base). However, this information is frequently missing or unavailable …

Acute kidney injury (AKI), a syndrome that is defined by a sudden and substantial decrease
in kidney function, can be caused by a variety of mechanisms including circulatory collapse …

Supplemental Table 1 Basic characteristics of the individual studies included in the meta-analysis
Author Study year Study Period Country Study Design Cardiac surgery Definition and staging …