A comparison of akin, kdigo and rifle definitions to diagnose acute kidney injury and predict the outcomes after cardiac surgery in a south asian cohort

Conclusion: In a South Asian cohort, performance of AKIN and KDIGO criteria was comparable to diagnose AKI, while RIFLE definition, though overestimated the incidence of AKI particularly stage 1, and had an excellent discriminatory power to predict mortality comp ared to other two definitions.
Source: Cardiorenal Medicine - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research