Title: Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)<br/>Author: Feras Khan<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/1145/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><ul>
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AKI can be seen in up to 40% of ICU patients</li>
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Around 5-10% require treatment with renal replacement therapies</li>
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The most common cause is acute tubular necrosis</li>
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Definition by KDIGO:</li>
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Increase in Creatinine by 0.3 or more within 48 hours OR</li>
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Increase in Cr to >1.5 x baseline, presumed to have occured within the prior 7 days</li>
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Urine volume <0.5 mL/kg/hr x 6 hours</li>
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KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines, 2012. </p>
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