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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Diagnosis, evaluation, and management of acute kidney injury: A KDIGO summary (Part 1)
Critical Care, Volume 17, No. 1, Article 204, Year 2013
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Description
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and serious problem affecting millions and causing death and disability for many. In 2012, Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes completed the first ever, international, multidisciplinary, clinical practice guideline for AKI. The guideline is based on evidence review and appraisal, and covers AKI definition, risk assessment, evaluation, prevention, and treatment. In this review we summarize key aspects of the guideline including definition and staging of AKI, as well as evaluation and nondialytic management. Contrast-induced AKI and management of renal replacement therapy will be addressed in a separate review. Treatment recommendations are based on systematic reviews of relevant trials. Appraisal of the quality of the evidence and the strength of recommendations followed the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach. Limitations of the evidence are discussed and a detailed rationale for each recommendation is provided. © 2013 BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kellum, John A.
United States, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Lameire, Norbert Hendrik
Belgium, Ghent
Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent
Aspelin, Peter
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Barsoum, Rashad S.
Egypt, Giza
Cairo University
Burdmann, Emmanuel A.
Brazil, Sao Paulo
Universidade de São Paulo
Goldstein, Stuart L.
United States, Cincinnati
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Herzog, Charles A.
United States, Minneapolis
Hennepin County Medical Center
Joannidis, Michael
Austria, Innsbruck
Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
Kribben, Andreas
Germany, Duisburg
Universität Duisburg-essen
Levey, Andrew S.
United States, Medford
Tufts University
MacLeod, Allison Murray
United Kingdom, Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen
Mehta, Ravindra L.
United States, La Jolla
University of California, San Diego
Murray, Patrick Thomas
Ireland, Dublin
University College Dublin
Naicker, Saraladevi
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Opal, Steven M.
United States, Providence
Brown University
Schaefer, Franz
Germany, Heidelberg
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Schetz, Miet R.C.
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Uchino, Shigehiko
Japan, Tokyo
The Jikei University School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 18
Authors: 18
Affiliations: 18
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/cc11454
ISSN:
13648535
e-ISSN:
1466609X
Research Areas
Disability
Noncommunicable Diseases
Violence And Injury