Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients.
10.3904/kjm.2015.88.4.369
- Author:
Eun Kyoung LEE
1
;
Jai Won CHANG
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Dankook University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Renal replacement therapy;
Acute kidney injury
- MeSH:
Acute Kidney Injury*;
Critical Illness*;
Dialysis;
Hospital Mortality;
Humans;
Mortality;
Prescriptions;
Renal Replacement Therapy
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2015;88(4):369-374
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Despite substantial advances in dialysis techniques and machines, acute kidney injury (AKI) requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) is still associated with up to 60% in-hospital mortality. However, there is little information on whether RRT overcomes the significant morbidity and mortality of AKI. What is most important in the treatment of AKI is that RRT is not a cause-specific therapy but life-supportive management. This review discusses the indications of, proper initiation of, and optimal prescription for RRT to improve the survival of critically ill patients with AKI.
