Mortality and Recovery Associated with Kidney Failure due to Acute Kidney Injury.
Silvi ShahAnthony C LeonardKathleen HarrisonKarthikeyan MeganathanAnnette L ChristiansonCharuhas V ThakarPublished in: Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN (2020)
Kidney failure due to AKI confers a higher risk of mortality in the first 6 months compared with kidney failure due to diabetes or other causes. Recovery within 12 months is common, although less so among women than men and among black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American patients than white patients.