Acute kidney injury

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Acute kidney injury, previously called acute renal failure, is defined as "An abrupt (within 48 hours) reduction in kidney function currently defined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine of more than or equal to 0.3 mg/dl (≥ 26.4 μmol/l), a percentage increase in serum creatinine of more than or equal to 50% (1.5-fold from baseline), or a reduction in urine output (documented oliguria of less than 0.5 ml/kg per hour for more than six hours)."[1]

Classification

Prerenal

Fractional excretion of sodium and urea for diagnosing transient AKI[2]
Patients Sensitivity Specificity
Fractional excretion of sodium ≤ 1%
Receiving diuretics 58% 81%
No diuretics 78% 75%
Fractional excretion of urea ≤ 35%
Receiving diuretics 79% 33%
No diuretics 48% 75%

This is characterized by:

Causes include:

Intrarenal

Also simply called 'renal', this is characterized by fractional excretion of sodium in the urine of > 1%.[4] Causes include:

Post-renal

This is characterized by symptoms of obstruction and sometimes by anuria.

Treatment

The underlying cause of the kidney injury should be treated. Diuresis has been investigated as a nonspecific treatment, but no benefit was found.[7]

If fluid resuscitation is used, the type of fluid probably does not matter according to a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by the Cochrane Collaboration.[8]

Renal replacement therapy

For more information, see: Renal replacement therapy.


Renal replacement therapy may be used as treatment for acute kidney injury although the optimal intensitivy is unclear.[9]

Prevention

Administration of atrial natriuretic peptide prior to major surgery may reduce acute kidney injury.[10]

Various treatments may reduce contrast-induced nephropathy.

Prognosis

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), an acute-phase protein that is also called LCN2 protein, may help predict the need for renal replacement therapy.[11]

See also

References

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  6. Hidayat LK, Hsu DI, Quist R, Shriner KA, Wong-Beringer A (2006). "High-dose vancomycin therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections: efficacy and toxicity". Arch. Intern. Med. 166 (19): 2138–44. DOI:10.1001/archinte.166.19.2138. PMID 17060545. Research Blogging.
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  8. Perel P, Roberts I (2007). "Colloids versus crystalloids for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients". Cochrane Database Syst Rev (4): CD000567. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD000567.pub3. PMID 17943746. Research Blogging.
  9. VA/NIH Acute Renal Failure Trial Network, Palevsky PM, Zhang JH, O'Connor TZ, Chertow GM, Crowley ST, Choudhury D, Finkel K, Kellum JA, Paganini E, Schein RM, Smith MW, Swanson KM, Thompson BT, Vijayan A, Watnick S, Star RA, Peduzzi P. Intensity of renal support in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jul 3;359(1):7-20. Epub 2008 May 20. PMID 18492867
  10. Nigwekar SU, Navaneethan SD, Parikh CR, Hix JK (February 2009). "Atrial natriuretic peptide for management of acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 4 (2): 261–72. DOI:10.2215/CJN.03780808. PMID 19073785. Research Blogging.
  11. Haase M, Bellomo R, Devarajan P, Schlattmann P, Haase-Fielitz A, NGAL Meta-analysis Investigator Group (2009). "Accuracy of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) in diagnosis and prognosis in acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis.". Am J Kidney Dis 54 (6): 1012-24. DOI:10.1053/j.ajkd.2009.07.020. PMID 19850388. Research Blogging.