Acute Kidney Injury With Sepsis — A Unique Pathophysiology

ICU patients with septic acute kidney injury (AKI) are generally sicker, have a higher burden of illness, a greater risk of mortality and longer stays in hospital than patients with non-septic AKI. The findings, published in the open access journal Critical Care, suggest that septic AKI may represent a unique pathophysiologic condition that may require specific detection and clinical interventions.

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Filed under: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses on April 13th, 2008