Acute Kidney Failure Journal Articles. Measures to prevent aki include optimization of volume status and avoidance of nephrotoxic medications. Acute kidney injury aki previously called acute renal failure arf denotes a sudden and often reversible reduction in the kidney function as measured by glomerular filtration rate gfr.
The term aki replaces the earlier term acute renal failure arf to better reflect the spectrum of injury ranging from minor changes in renal function markers to the need for renal replacement therapy rrt that may arise from multiple factors. Epidemiology of endemic nephropathy of unknown etiology in latin america. Measures to prevent aki include optimization of volume status and avoidance of nephrotoxic medications.
Acute kidney injury aki formerly termed acute renal failure is characterized by a sudden deterioration in renal function numerous studies have found that aki is associated with an increased mortality and adverse outcomes regardless of patient characteristics and the context in which injury occurs 2 3 until a decade ago there was a lack of uniform diagnostic criteria.
Indexed in medline thomson reuters journal citations reports and scopus this open access journal publishes research on acute renal injury and its consequence as well as addressing advances in the fields of chronic renal failure hypertension and renal transplantation. When aki is present prompt workup of the underlying cause should be pursued with specific attention to reversible causes. The term aki replaces the earlier term acute renal failure arf to better reflect the spectrum of injury ranging from minor changes in renal function markers to the need for renal replacement therapy rrt that may arise from multiple factors. 4 5 the term arf is still used when kidney injury results in the need for rrt including traditional intermittent hemodialysis and newer continuous.