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Volume 9: Issue 6
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01 Jun 2017
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06 Jun 2017

  • Sawhney S, et al.. Post-discharge kidney function is associated with subsequent ten-year renal progression risk among survivors of acute kidney injury. Kidney Int 2017; doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2017.02.019.

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Even Patients Whose Kidney Function Returns to Normal after AKI Have High Risk of Renal Progression

Volume/Issue:
Volume 9: Issue 6
Publication Date:
01 Jun 2017
Page:
9
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For patients who have had acute kidney injury (AKI), the long-term risk of renal progression remains high even if their kidney function ultimately returns to normal, suggests a new study in Kidney International.

Using data from one UK health region, the researchers identified 14,651 patients who survived to hospital discharge in 2003. Of these 1966 patients had stage 1 to 3 AKI, based on KDIGO criteria. Follow-up data to 2013 were used to assess rates of subsequent renal decline, defined as a sustained 30% decline in eGFR or de novo stage 4 chronic kidney disease. These outcomes were
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