Abstract
Introduction
Rapid decline in the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) within a period of hours to weeks with resultant retention of nitrogenous waste products such as blood urea nitrogen (BUN) and creatinine is characteristic of acute kidney injury.
Identification of acutely impaired kidney function, typically is based on a change in serum creatinine and/or urine output. Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease was accepted as the definition of AKI in 2004 according to consensus and is effectively described by the acronym RIFLE. Recent studies have shown that the stages or levels of AKI defined by the RIFLE criteria are predictive of increased risk of mortality and dialysis dependent kidney failure in critically ill patients.
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i1.186
