Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jun 2017
ReviewPrevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit: update 2017 : Expert opinion of the Working Group on Prevention, AKI section, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. ⋯ The results of recent randomised controlled trials have allowed the formulation of new recommendations and/or increase the strength of previous recommendations. On the other hand, in many domains the available evidence remains insufficient, resulting from the limited quality of the clinical trials and the poor reporting of kidney outcomes.