Acute Kidney Disease to Chronic Kidney Disease

Crit Care Clin. 2021 Apr;37(2):453-474. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2020.11.013. Epub 2021 Feb 13.

Abstract

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease are common interconnected syndromes that represent a public health problem. Acute kidney disease (AKD) is defined as the post-AKI status of acute or subacute kidney damage/dysfunction manifested by persistence of AKI beyond 7 to 90 days after the initial AKI diagnosis. Limited clinical data exist regarding AKD epidemiology but its incidence is observed in ∼25% of AKI survivors. Useful risk-stratification tools to predict risk of AKD and its prognosis are needed. Interventions on fluid management, nephrotoxic exposure, and follow-up care hold promise to ameliorate the burden of AKD and its complications.

Keywords: AKD; AKI; Acute kidney disease; Acute kidney injury; CKD; Chronic kidney disease; Kidney recovery.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Acute Kidney Injury* / diagnosis
  • Acute Kidney Injury* / epidemiology
  • Acute Kidney Injury* / etiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Prognosis
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / complications
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / epidemiology
  • Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / therapy
  • Risk Factors