Improving Outcomes from Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): Report on an Initiative

Author:

Ronco C.1,Levin A.2,Warnock D.G.3,Mehta R.L.4,Kellum J.A.5,Shah S.6,Molitoris B.A.7,Bagga Arvind,Bakkaloglu Aysin,Bonventre Joseph V,Burdmann Emmanuel A,Chen Yipu,Devarajan Prasad,D'Intini Vince,Dobb Geoff,Durbin Charles G,Eckardt Kai-Uwe,Guerin Claude,Herget-Rosenthal Stefan,Hoste Eric,Joannidis Michael,Kellum John A,Kirpalani Ashok,Lassnigg Andrea,Le Gall Jean-Roger,Levin Adeera,Lombardi Raul,Macias William,Manthous Constantine,Mehta Ravindra L,Molitoris Bruce A,Ronco Claudio,Schetz Miet,Schortgen Frederique,Shah Sudhir V,Tan Patrick SK,Wang Haiyan,Warnock David G,Webb Steve,

Affiliation:

1. Department of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, San Bortolo Hospital, Vicenza - Italy

2. Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, St Pauls Hospital, Vancouver - Canada

3. Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL - USA

4. Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA - USA

5. Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA - USA

6. Division of Nephrology, UAMS College of Medicine, Little Rock, AR - USA

7. Department of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN - USA

Abstract

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is a complex disorder for which currently there is no accepted definition. We describe an initiative to develop uniform standards for defining and classifying AKI and establish a forum for multidisciplinary interaction to improve care for patients with, or at risk for AKI. Members representing key societies in critical care and nephrology along with additional experts in adult and pediatric AKI participated in a 2-day conference in Amsterdam in September 2005 to draft consensus recommendations for diagnosing and staging AKI. This report describes the proposed diagnostic and staging criteria for AKI and the formation of a multidisciplinary collaborative network (Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) focused on improving outcomes from AKI.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Biomedical Engineering,Biomaterials,General Medicine,Medicine (miscellaneous),Bioengineering

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