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Review
. 2024 Dec 1;97(6):839-848.
doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000004401. Epub 2024 Sep 6.

Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know

Cassandra V Villegas  1 , Elizabeth Gorman, Frank M Liu, Robert J Winchell
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Acute kidney injury in the acute care surgery patient: What you need to know

Cassandra V Villegas et al. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. .

Abstract

Acute kidney injury is associated with poor outcomes in the trauma and emergency general surgery population, and recent consensus definitions have allowed for significant advances in defining the burden of disease. The current definitions rely on overall functional measures (i.e., serum creatinine and urine output), which can be confounded by a variety of clinical factors. Biomarkers are increasingly being investigated as more direct diagnostic assays for the diagnosis of acute kidney injury and may allow earlier detection and more timely therapeutic intervention. Etiologies fall into two general categories: disorders of renal perfusion and exposure to nephrotoxic agents. Therapy is largely supportive, and prevention offers the best chance to decrease clinical impact.

Keywords: Acute care surgery; acute kidney injury; renal biomarkers; rhabdomyolysis; vancomycin.

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