AKI in low-risk versus high-risk patients in intensive care.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

AKI in critically ill patients is usually part of multiorgan failure. However, nonrenal organ failure may not always precede AKI and patients without evidence of these organ failures may not be at low risk for AKI. This study examined the risk and outcomes associated with AKI in critically ill patients with and without cardiovascular or respiratory organ failures at presentation to the intensive care unit (ICU).

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

A large, academic medical center database, with records from July 2000 through October 2008, was used and the authors identified a low-risk cohort as patients without cardiovascular and respiratory organ failures defined as not receiving vasopressor support or mechanical ventilation within the fi

SUBMITTER: Sileanu FE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4317734 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature