A critical appraisal of the accuracy of the RIFLE and AKIN classifications in defining "acute kidney insufficiency" in critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-125

  Valette, Xavier ^a   Du Cheyron, Damien ^a,b  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Acute kidney injury; Acute kidney insufficiency; Acute renal failure; AKIN; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Prognosis; Renal replacement therapy; RIFLE

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY NETWORK CLASSIFICATION; ADULT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK OF RENAL DYSFUNCTION INJURY TO THE KIDNEY FAILURE OF KIDNEY FUNCTION LOSS OF KIDNEY FUNCTION AND END STAGE RENAL DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; URINE VOLUME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; CREATININE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; ORGAN DYSFUNCTION SCORES; PROGNOSIS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 84875384972     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.06.012     Document Type: Review

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