Acute Kidney Injury Episodes and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk in Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Charuhas V. Thakar,
Annette Christianson,
Jonathan Himmelfarb,
Anthony C. Leonard
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.01120211
Subject(s) - medicine , acute kidney injury , hazard ratio , kidney disease , creatinine , proportional hazards model , renal function , diabetes mellitus , proteinuria , confidence interval , risk factor , kidney , endocrinology
Prior studies have examined long-term outcomes of a single acute kidney injury (AKI) event in hospitalized patients. We examined the effects of AKI episodes during multiple hospitalizations on the risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in a cohort with diabetes mellitus (DM).
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