• Crit Care · Sep 2016

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    Acute kidney injury 2016: diagnosis and diagnostic workup.

    • Marlies Ostermann and Michael Joannidis.
    • Department of Critical Care Medicine, King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK. Marlies.Ostermann@gstt.nhs.uk.
    • Crit Care. 2016 Sep 27; 20 (1): 299.

    AbstractAcute kidney injury (AKI) is common and is associated with serious short- and long-term complications. Early diagnosis and identification of the underlying aetiology are essential to guide management. In this review, we outline the current definition of AKI and the potential pitfalls, and summarise the existing and future tools to investigate AKI in critically ill patients.

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