Prevention, detection and management of acute kidney injury: concise guideline

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered a silent disease that commonly occurs in patients with acute illness; however, given that it has few specific symptoms and signs in its early stages, detection can be delayed. AKI can also occur in patients with no obvious acute illness or secondary to more ra...

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Published in:Clinical medicine (London, England) England), 2014-02, Vol.14 (1), p.61-65
Main Authors: Ftouh, Saoussen, Lewington, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute kidney injury (AKI)
Acute Kidney Injury - diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - prevention & control
Acute Kidney Injury - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
definition
General aspects
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Kidneys
management
Medical sciences
NCEPOD
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
NICE
patient safety
prevention
Prevention and actions
Primary Health Care
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
referral
risk
Risk Assessment
Secondary Care
Urinary system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
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Summary:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered a silent disease that commonly occurs in patients with acute illness; however, given that it has few specific symptoms and signs in its early stages, detection can be delayed. AKI can also occur in patients with no obvious acute illness or secondary to more rare causes. In both these scenarios, patients are often under the care of specialists outside of nephrology, who might fail to detect that AKI is developing and might not be familiar with its optimum management. Therefore, there is a need to increase the awareness of AKI among many different healthcare specialists. In this article, we summarise the key recommendations from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) AKI guideline. The guideline provides recommendations for adult and paediatric patients on the prevention, early detection and management of AKI, as well as information on AKI and sources of support. Implementation of this guideline will contribute to improving patient safety and saving lives.
ISSN:1470-2118
1473-4893
DOI:10.7861/clinmedicine.14-1-61