Despite an increasing incidence of acute kidney injury in both high-income and low-income
countries and growing insight into the causes and mechanisms of disease, few preventive …

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 …

BACKGROUND The economic burden of acute kidney injury (AKI) is not well understood.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the effects of AKI on hospitalization costs and length of stay (LOS) …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an increasingly common condition associated with poor health
outcomes. Combined with its rising incidence, AKI has emerged as a major public health …

Background: A single serum creatinine measurement cannot distinguish acute kidney injury
from chronic kidney disease or prerenal azotemia. Objective: To test the sensitivity and …

Acute kidney injury is an increasingly common and potentially catastrophic complication in
hospitalized patients. Early observational studies from the 1980s and 1990s established the …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious condition, the diagnosis of which
depends on serum creatinine measurements. Unfortunately, creatinine is a delayed and …

Background Risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) in older adults has not been evaluated
systematically. We sought to delineate the determinants of risk for AKI in older compared …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious condition, the diagnosis of which
currently depends on functional markers such as serum creatinine measurements …

Administrative and claims databases may be useful for the study of acute renal failure (ARF)
and ARF that requires dialysis (ARF-D), but the validity of the corresponding diagnosis and …