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Acute kidney injury (AKI) - diagnosis, investigation and management
Publication details
Dr Nicholas Hobbs, Dr Kim Sinnamon, Dr Meryl Griffiths
Foundation Years Journal, volume 8, issue 4, p.6 (123Doc Education, London, April 2014)
Abstract
Around 20% of hospitalised patients develop AKI (1). The NCEPOD (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death) review of patients who died in hospital with AKI reported that only around 50% of patients received (what they determined as) good AKI management (2). It is vital to understand how to diagnose, investigate and manage AKI appropriately in order to lessen the high morbidity and mortality associated with this condition.
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Authors
Dr Nicholas Hobbs
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester General Hospital
Trust Offices, Main Building
Turner Road, Colchester
Essex, CO4 5JL
npahobbs@gmail.com
Dr Kim Sinnamon
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Renal Unit
Primary Care Centre
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JR
kim.sinnamon@colchesterhospital.nhs.uk
Dr Meryl Griffiths
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Hills Road
Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
meryl.griffiths@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
References
1. Bellomo R, Kellum JA, Ronco C. Acute Kidney Injury. The Lancet, 2012 Aug;25:380(9843):756-66
2. NCEPOD report: AKI Adding Insult to Injury, June 2009 http://www.ncepod.org.uk/2009report1/Downloads/AKI_report.pdf
3. KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury. Kidney International Supplements 2012 Mar;2(1):1-138.
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