Acute kidney injury
Topic: Medical-surgical
A fall in kidney function over hours to days. By KDIGO criteria it is a creatinine rise of ≥0.3 mg/dL within 48 hours or to 1.5 times baseline within 7 days, or urine output below 0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours. Causes are prerenal (hypovolemia), intrarenal (nephrotoxic drugs, ischemia) and postrenal (obstruction). Monitor urine output, fluid balance, potassium and nephrotoxic drugs.
- Also known as:
- AKI, Acute renal failure
- In Turkish:
- Akut böbrek hasarı
What does Acute kidney injury mean?
Acute kidney injury is part of the Medical-surgical topic in nursing. Students meet it in class, on clinical placements and while preparing for exams.
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