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From: Incidence, timing and outcome of AKI in critically ill patients varies with the definition used and the addition of urine output criteria

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Flowchart with numbers of patients included in the study with AKI at admission and AKI during the first week of admission according to the RIFLE, AKIN and KDIGO definitions. Left column: patients screened for inclusion. Middle column: patients with AKI at admission according to the three definitions and severity. Right column: numbers of patients with AKI during the first week of ICU admission according to the three definitions, severity and with or without urine output criteria. Grouped by patients with AKI at admission and patients without AKI at admission; RIFLE: ‘risk’, ‘injury’, ‘failure’, ‘loss’ and ‘end-stage’ definition. AKIN: acute kidney injury network definition. KDIGO: kidney disease improving global outcome definition. SCr = serum creatinine, UO = urine output

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