Clinical examination findings as predictors of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients.

Renske Wiersema Jacqueline Koeze Ruben J Eck Thomas Kaufmann Bart Hiemstra Gertjan Koster Casper F M Franssen Suvi T Vaara Frederik Keus Iwan C C van der Horst

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2019)

Clinical examination findings were able to predict AKI with moderate accuracy in a large cohort of critically ill patients. Findings of clinical examination on ICU admission may trigger further efforts to help predict developing AKI.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
emergency department
intensive care unit
high intensity
mechanical ventilation