Acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease each a risk of the other

Thursday, July 3, 2014

NIH study suggests people with either should be monitored for both

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are closely intertwined, with each disease a risk factor for developing the other and sharing other risk factors in common, as well as sharing causes for the diseases to get worse, and outcomes, suggests a comprehensive analysis by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.