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Review
. 2021 Mar;53(3):489-496.
doi: 10.1007/s11255-020-02601-z. Epub 2020 Aug 14.

Dialysis prescription in acute kidney injury: when and how much?

Juan C Badel  1 , Lautaro A Garcia  1 , Manuel J Soto-Doria  2   3 , Carlos G Musso  4   5
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Review

Dialysis prescription in acute kidney injury: when and how much?

Juan C Badel et al. Int Urol Nephrol. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) constitutes a serious public health problem because of its very high cost and mortality rate, with an increasing incidence, phenomenon which is explained by the increasingly number of older patients suffering from several comorbidities admitted in the intensive care units. Despite the new AKI definition and classification, the use of novel AKI biomarkers and modern technologies, as an attempt to achieve an early AKI detection and treatment, and consequently to better clinical outcomes, AKI mortality particularly in ICU patients remains persistently high. In the present article, the currently accepted concepts regarding dose and time of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis prescription in AKI patients have been reviewed.

Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Dialysis; Dose; Prescription.

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