THERAPEUTIC CLASS
Sepsis-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
A cute kidney injury (AKI) is a very common problem in critically ill patients. With the integration of consensus AKI definition criteria from Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-Stage Kidney Disease (RIFLE), Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN), and, most recently Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), AKI incidence in adult intensive care unit (ICU) settings has been reported to range between 16% and 67%.1–11 Several pediatric ICU studies have reported similarly high incidence rates
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