Acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease: a work in progress

JR Bydash, A Ishani - Clinical Journal of the American Society of …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Short-term outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI), such as length of hospital stay and
inpatient mortality, are well documented. Recently, the impact of AKI on long-term outcomes—
a largely undefined body of knowledge—has come into focus. Evidence associating AKI in
the inpatient setting with extended outcomes of mortality and the development of chronic
kidney disease (CKD) has materialized. Several studies have linked severity of AKI with
increased likelihood of mortality, developing end-ESRD, or chronic kidney disease (1–3) …