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Choice of Reference Serum Creatinine in Defining Acute Kidney Injury

Author(s) -

Edward D. Siew,

Michael E. Matheny

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the nephron journals/nephron journals

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951

H-Index - 72

eISSN - 2235-3186

pISSN - 1660-8151

DOI - 10.1159/000439144

Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , renal function , acute kidney injury , nephrology , incidence (geometry) , urology , intensive care medicine , optics , physics

The study of acute kidney injury (AKI) has expanded with the increasing availability of electronic health records and the use of standardized definitions. Understanding the impact of AKI between settings is limited by heterogeneity in the selection of reference creatinine to anchor the definition of AKI. In this mini-review, we discuss different approaches used to select reference creatinine and their relative merits and limitations.

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