A profile of acute kidney injury in Eastern India: A cross sectional study

Abstract

Introduction: AKI is an important cause of morbidity and mortality with mortality remaining unchanged in the last decade inspite of advances in treatment.It is classified as pre renal, renal and post renal categories with overlap.The classification criterias are RIFLE, KDIGO and AKIN, based on which the present study has been conducted, as the new markers of AKI such as NGAL,IL 18 and KIM 1 are not sensitive and specific.