Acute kidney injury associates with increased long-term mortality
JP Lafrance, DR Miller - Journal of the American Society of …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Acute kidney injury (AKI) associates with higher in-hospital mortality, but whether it also
associates with increased long-term mortality is unknown, particularly after accounting for
residual kidney function after hospital discharge. We retrospectively analyzed data from US
veteran patients who survived at least 90 d after discharge from a hospitalization. We
identified AKI events not requiring dialysis from laboratory data and classified them
according to the ratio of the highest creatinine during the hospitalization to the lowest …
associates with increased long-term mortality is unknown, particularly after accounting for
residual kidney function after hospital discharge. We retrospectively analyzed data from US
veteran patients who survived at least 90 d after discharge from a hospitalization. We
identified AKI events not requiring dialysis from laboratory data and classified them
according to the ratio of the highest creatinine during the hospitalization to the lowest …
