Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Dec 2016
Prognostic implications of adding urine output to serum creatinine measurements for staging of acute kidney injury after major surgery: a cohort study.
Current guidelines recommend staging acute kidney injury (AKI) according to the serum creatinine (SCr) or urine output (UO) criteria that achieve the highest stage. There is little information about the implications of adding UO to SCr measurements for staging AKI outside intensive care units and after cardiac surgery. ⋯ Adding UO to SCr criteria substantially increases the apparent incidence of AKI on hospital wards and significantly changes the prognostic implications of AKI identification and staging. These measures should not be considered equivalent criteria in AKI staging.