An epidemiologic overview of acute kidney injury in intensive care units.

Reginaldo Passoni Dos Santos Ariana Rodrigues da Silva Carvalho Luis Alberto Batista PeresClaudio RoncoEtienne Macedo

Published in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2019)

AKI incidence presented high variability among the studies. One of the reasons for that were the different criteria used to define the cases. Availability of local resources, renal replacement therapy needs, serum creatinine at ICU admission, volume overload, and sepsis, among others, influence mortality rates in AKI patients.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
intensive care unit
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
risk factors
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
mechanical ventilation
peritoneal dialysis
cardiovascular events
metabolic syndrome
uric acid