Purpose Current reports on acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit (ICU) show
wide variation in occurrence rate and are limited by study biases such as use of incomplete …

Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) can evolve quickly and clinical measures of function
often fail to detect AKI at a time when interventions are likely to provide benefit. Identifying …

A consensus conference on cardio-renal syndromes (CRS) was held in Venice Italy, in
September 2008 under the auspices of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI). The following …

Consensus definitions have been reached for both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic
kidney disease (CKD) and these definitions are now routinely used in research and clinical …

Sepsis is the most common cause of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critical illness, but there is
limited information on septic AKI. A prospective, observational study of critically ill patients …

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

Introduction We conducted a study to evaluate the incidence, risk factors and outcomes
associated with early acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis. Methods The study was a retrospective …

Background The epidemiologic characteristics of children and young adults with acute kidney
injury have been described in single-center and retrospective studies. We conducted a …

Background. The Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative Group has published a consensus
definition/classification system for acute kidney injury (AKI) termed the RIFLE criteria. The Acute …

Introduction Severe acute renal failure (sARF) is associated with considerable morbidity,
mortality and use of healthcare resources; however, its precise epidemiology and long-term …