Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Acute kidney injury is sudden kidney failure or kidney damage that occurs within a few days or weeks. AKI can cause waste products to build up in the blood and make it difficult for the kidneys to maintain the correct balance of fluids in the body. Most cases of AKI are caused by reduced blood flow to the kidneys and usually occur in people who already have other conditions.

The most common cause is the combination of dehydration and sepsis with nephrotoxic drugs, especially after surgery or contrast agents. The causes of acute kidney injury are generally divided into pre-kidney, endogenous, and post-kidney injury. A lot of progress has been made in the phenotypic analysis of AKI.

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