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Review
. 2017 Jan 19:6:55.
doi: 10.12688/f1000research.10192.1. eCollection 2017.

Nephrotoxicities

Stuart L Goldstein  1
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Review

Nephrotoxicities

Stuart L Goldstein. F1000Res. .

Abstract

Nephrotoxic medication exposure is nearly ubiquitous in hospitalized patients and represents one of the most common causes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in the hospitalized setting. Although provision of medications that are nephrotoxic has led to improved outcomes in terms of treatment of underlying illness, unnecessary nephrotoxic medication exposure can be viewed as a potentially modifiable adverse safety event if AKI can be prevented. The advancements in electronic health record development, standardization of AKI definitions, and the ability to identify AKI risk and development in near real time provide opportunities to reduce harm from nephrotoxicity.

Keywords: AKI; NINJA; acute kidney injury; nephrotoxic injury; nephrotoxicity.

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares that he has no competing interests. No competing interests were disclosed. No competing interests were disclosed.

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