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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Synonyms and keywords: Acute kidney failure; acute renal failure; acute uremia; AKI; ARF

Overview

Acute kidney injury (AKI), formerly known as acute renal failure, is characterized by an abrupt loss of kidney function resulting in a failure to excrete nitrogenous waste products (among others), and a disruption of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis. AKI defines a spectrum of disease with common clinical features including an increase in the serum creatinine and BUN levels, often associated with a reduction in urine volume. AKI can be caused by a multitude of factors broadly categorized into pre-renal (usually ischemic), intrinsic renal (usually toxic), and post-renal (usually obstructive) injuries. Generally, treatment is supportive until renal function is restored especially in light of the fluid overload, electrolyte imbalances, and uremic toxin accumulation. Still, renal replacement modalities are sometimes indicated.

Definition

Over 30 different definitions of AKI have been used in the literature since it was first described, which prompted the need for a uniform definition. In 2002, The Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) proposed the first consensus definition known as the RIFLE criteria. The acronym combines a classification of 3 levels of renal dysfunction (Risk, Injury, Failure) with 2 clinical outcomes (Loss, ESRD). This unified classification was proposed to enable a viable comparison in trials of prevention and therapy and to observe clinical outcomes of the defined stages of AKI.[1]

RIFLE criteria for the definition of acute kidney injury (AKI)
Classification GFR criteria Urine output criteria
Risk 1.5x increase in SCr or GFR decrease >25% <0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours
Injury 2x increase in SCr or GFR decrease >50% <0.5 mL/kg/h for 12 hours
Failure 3x increase in SCr or GFR decrease >75% <0.3 mL/kg/h for 24 hours or anuria for 12 hours
Loss Complete loss of renal function >4 weeks
End-stage Renal Disease Complete loss of renal function >3 months


In 2007, the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) proposed a modified diagnostic criteria based on the RIFLE criteria. The initiative separated the definition and staging into 2 separate entities previously combined in the RIFLE criteria. This made the definition more clinically applicable. AKI was defined as either one of the following:[2]

  • an increase in serum creatinine by 0.3 mg/dL in 48 hours
  • an increase in serum creatinine by more than 50% of baseline or 1.5 times baseline occuring in the past 7 days
  • a decrease in urine volume <0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours


In March 2012, the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Kidney Injury retained the AKIN definition while implementing modifications to the staging criteria of AKI. [3]

Historical Perspective

It is really unclear when acute kidney injury or acute renal failure came to light as a separate disease entity. The first documented report of abrupt loss of renal function came from Beall et al in 1941 who described a man admitted to St. Thomas's Hospital after a crush injury to the leg in a bombing incident. They describe a course of rapidly progressive renal insufficiency with dark urine, edema, elevated potassium levels, and disorientation. [4]

The earliest definition came from Lucké in 1946 who described the histologic pathology we now know as acute tubular necrosis. The term lower nephron nephrosis was introduced and was later used to refer to abrupt renal failure secondary to excessive vomiting, thermal burns, crush injuries, hemolysis, and obstructive prostate disease.[5][6] The term slowly drifted to become acute renal failure to depict a clinical syndrome rather than a pathologic finding. Acute renal failure was then replaced by acute kidney injury in 2006 following a consensus that even minor changes in serum creatinine not necessarily overt failure can lead to significant changes in outcome.

Staging

Initially, the staging of AKI was a part of the proposed definition by the ADQI initiative and the RIFLE criteria. In 2007, AKIN proposed separated the 2 and created a new staging scheme modified from the RIFLE criteria. Prior to the 2012 KDIGO AKI guidelines, RIFLE and AKIN criteria were used interchangeably to stage patients with renal injury.[1][2] Although certain concerns about the differences between the 2 classification schemes, it was shown that the differences do not carry through to mortality and outcome measures.[7]

Modified RIFLE staging scheme for acute kidney injury according to the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN)
Classification GFR criteria Urine output criteria
Stage 1 Increase in SCr ≥0.3 mg/dL or 1.5x to 2x increase from baseline <0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours
Stage 2 2x to 3x increase in SCr from baseline <0.5 mL/kg/h for 12 hours
Stage 3 >3x increase in SCr or SCr≥ 4.0 mg/dL with acute increase >0.5 md/dL <0.3 mL/kg/h for 24 hours or anuria for 12 hours


In 2012, the KDIGO AKI guidelines proposed a combined staging scheme that takes into account both criteria and clinical outcome. [3] The rationale behind AKI staging is the needed to determine overall outcome as higher stags of AKI carry a greater risk of all cause and cardiovascular mortality, renal replacement, as well as chronic kidney disease even after AKI resolution.[8][9][10][11]

2012 KDIGO AKI Guidelines - Proposed staging criteria for AKI modified from AKIN
Staging GFR criteria Urine output criteria
Stage 1 1.5 - 1.9 times baseline or ≥ 0.3 mg/dl increase <0.5 ml/kg/h for 6 - 12 hours
Stage 2 2.0 - 2.9 times baseline <0.5 ml/kg/h for ≥ 12 hours
Stage 3 3.0 times baseline
or increase in serum creatinine to 4.0 mg/dL
or initiation of renal replacement therapy
or decrease in eGFR to <35 ml/min per 1.73 m2 (in patients <18 years)		 <0.3 mL/kg/h for 24 hours
or anuria for 12 hours


The guidelines also advocated that in case of discordance between urine output and serum creatinine patients should be classified to the highest applicable AKI stage. Also, new emphasis on the differences seen in the pediatric population gave rise to revised definition of Stage 3 AKI in patients less than 18 years of age.[3]

Pathophysiology

Etiologies of AKI can be divided based on pathophysiologic mechanisms into 3 broad categories: prerenal, intrinsic renal, and postrenal causes.


Prerenal AKI

Prerenal AKI, known as prerenal azotemia, is by far the most common cause of AKI representing 30-50% of all cases. It is provoked by inadequate renal blood flow commonly due to decreased effective circulating blood flow. This causes a decrease in the intraglomerular hydrostatic pressure required to achieve proper glomerular filtration.


Blood flow to the kidneys can vary with systemic changes; however, glomerular perfusion pressure and GFR are maintained relatively constant by the kidney itself. Under physiologic conditions, minor drops in blood flow to the renal circulation are counteracted by changes in the resistances across the afferent and efferent arterioles of individual glomerular capillary beds.[12] The afferent arteriole vasodilates via 2 mechanisms.[13] The myogenic reflex, mediating medial smooth muscle relaxation in states of decrease perfusion pressure, vasodilates the afferent arteriole leading to increased blood flow.[14] Additionally, intrarenal synthesis of vasodilatory prostaglandins such as prostacyclin and prostaglandin E2 causes further dilation of the afferent arteriole.[15] The mechanism explains why the intake of NSAIDs leads to acute kidney injury by inhibiting this autoregulatory mechanism.[16]


At the level of the efferent arteriole, an increase in resistance is crucial for appropriate maintenance of glomerular hydrostatic pressure. This is achieved by an increase in the production of angiotensin II (via the Renin-Angiotensin System) which acts preferentially on the efferent arteriole leading to vasoconstriction.[17] Important medications that target angiotensin II production and action are ACE inhibitors (ACEIs) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) which may be responsible for renal decompensation in patients dependent on the action of angiotensin II to maintain glomerular perfusion pressure. Such is the case in chronic kidney disease patients, whose autoregulatory mechanisms are typically operating at maximum capacity.[18]


As such, the pathophysiology of prerenal azotemia entails a drop in renal plasma flow beyond the capacity of autoregulation, a blunted or inadequate renal compensation for an otherwise tolerable change in perfusion, or a combination of both. This eventually leads to ischemic renal injury particularly to the medulla which is maintained in hypoxic conditions at baseline. Causes of prerenal injury are summarized in the figure below. To note, as prerenal AKI progresses with further ischemia, it transforms into acute tubular necrosis (ATN) crossing into the realm of intrinsic AKI.


Intrinsic Renal AKI

Intrinsic renal AKI generally occurs due to renal parenchymal injury and may be classified according to the site of injury into: glomerular, tubular, interstitial, and vascular.

Tubular AKI

The most common form of intrinsic renal AKI involves damage to the renal tubules. In this context, the most common etiologies are sepsis, nephrotoxins, and ischemia. Ischemic AKI is part of a disease continuum involving prerenal AKI and manifests in states of prolonged renal blood flow compromise or renal hypoperfusion with other pre-existing or concomitant renal insults. Although sometimes dubbed acute tubular necrosis (ATN), ATN is non-specific to prerenal disease, and may be induced by sepsis and nephrotoxins. ATN is also not a very accurate pathological term, as renal biopsies have rarely shown true tubular necrosis, but rather tubular cell injury & apoptosis with secondary dysfunction are more accurate. These pathological manifestations are related to hypoxia and ATP depletion in areas that are physiologically hypoxic such as the renal medulla, and areas that are very metabolically active such as the proximal tubule. The response of the renal tubules and the microvasculature are maladaptive leading to a paradoxical increase in hypoxia and further damage and inflammation.[19] Ischemia and hypoxia are known to cause increased reactivity to vasoconstrictive agents, and decreased vasodilatory responses in arterioles as compared to normal kidneys.[20]


AKI is seen in 20 to 25% of cases of sepsis and in 50% of cases of septic shock. A decrease in GFR in a septic patient is usually a marker of poor prognosis, and the combination of sepsis and AKI is associated with a mortality rate of 70%. Although most cases of AKI occur with severe hemodynamic compromise in septic patients, renal injury may occur without overt hypotension. While there is clear tubular damage in sepsis-associated AKI, interstitial inflammation and interstitial edema have also been proposed in the pathogenesis.[21][22] The mechanisms of alteration of renal hemodynamics proposed in sepsis include excessive efferent arteriolar vasodilation or generalized renal vasoconstriction secondary to tumor necrosis factor induced release of endothelin.

Another major cause of intrinsic renal AKI is nephrotoxins. The latter may be either endogenous such as myoglobin, hemoglobin, and myeloma light chains, or exogenous such as contrast agents, antibiotics, and chemotherapeutic agents. The kidney is a particularly susceptible organ to toxin injury mainly due to the high blood perfusion and the high concentration of substances in the kidneys destined for excretion. Nephrotoxic injury may be secondary to tubular, interstitial, or microvascular damage depending on the nephrotoxin itself. Major risk factors for nephrotoxic AKI include old age, pre-existing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and prerenal azotemia.[23]

Contrast induced nephropathy (CIN) recently called contrast induced AKI (CIAKI) is also major cause of intrinsic injury caused by iodinated contrast media used in cardiovascular imaging. This entity is virtually non-existent in healthy young individuals. Risk factors that increase susceptibility to contrast media include advanced age, pre-existing CKD, diabetic nephropathy, severe cardiac failure, and concomitant exposure to other nephrotoxins. The pathophysiology of CIN is not clearly understood; however, several attempts have been made to explain the underlying mechanism. It is generally agreed that CIN is due to a combination of several influences brought on by contrast-media infusion rather than a single process. The most important mechanism thought to be involved in CIN is a reduction in renal perfusion at the level of the microvasculature leading to tubular damage. This is attributed to several alterations in the renal microenvironment including activation of the tubuloglomerular feeback, local vasoactive metabolites including adenosine, prostaglandin, NO, and endothelin as well as increased interstitial pressure. Studies have also proposed injury to renal tubular cells may occur via a direct cytotoxic effect of the contrast media and via reactive oxygen species production.[24]

Glomerular & Vascular AKI

Glomerular damage causing AKI accounts for a small propotion of cases of AKI. Glomerulonephritis leading to AKI is usually seen in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN). Other forms of glomerulonephritis progress slowly and generally lead to chronic kidney disease. RPGN is characterized by a triad of hematuria, proteinuria, and hypertension progressing to a decrease in GFR and urine output.[25] RPGN can be idiopathic or secondary to SLE, Henoch Schonlein Purpura, Wegener’s Granulomatosis, and Goodpasture’s Syndrome. The pathophysiology is almost always related to an autoimmune insult, but specific characteristics depend on the underlying etiologies.[26]

Other causes of AKI of vascular origin include diseases affecting the macro and microvasculature not only confined to the glomerular capillaries. Examples include TTP/HUS & DIC associated with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) typically arising from an endothelial cell injury with subsequent leukocyte adhesion, complement consumption, platelet aggregation and eventual ischemic damage. Other causes include atheroemboli, calcineurin inhibitors in renal transplant patients via vasoconstriction of the afferent arterioles (although a tubulointerstitial pattern is also seen),[27] and vasculitides.[28]

Interstitial AKI

AKI may be secondary to acute interstitial nephritis caused by an idiosyncratic immune-mediated mechanism. Classically it is associated with a number of medications including penicillins, cephalosporins, NSAIDs, sulfonamides, and allopurinol. AIN can also be secondary to an infectious process, or systemic syndromes such as cryoglobulinemia, Sjogren syndrome, sarcoidosis, and primary biliary cirrhosis. Clinically, it may be associated with fever, and urinary eosinophilia although it may often be asymptomatic. Pathophysiology involves a cell-mediated immune reaction with interstitial infiltrates mostly composed of lymphocytes, macrophages, eosinophils, and plasma cells, with subsequent transformation into areas of interstitial fibrosis.[28]

Postrenal AKI

Postrenal AKI occurs due to an obstruction in the urinary flow leading to an increase in the intratubular hydrostatic pressure which interferes with proper glomerular filtration. Obstructions occurring at the level of the renal pelvis and the ureters must affect both kidneys simultaneously to cause AKI in healthy adults unless only one kidney is functional. Causes of upper tract obstructions may be intraluminal such as calculi or blood clots, transmural secondary to neoplastic invasion, or extrinsic compression by retroperitoneal fibrosis, neoplasia, or an abscess. The most common cause of postrenal AKI is bladder neck obstruction secondary to benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer. Other etiologies of lower urinary tract obstruction are calculi, blood clots and strictures. Patients usually have evident hydronephrosis unless early in the course of obstruction. [29]

Epidemiology and Demographics

AKI in the General Population

Most studies addressing the epidemiology of AKI focus on patients admitted to the hospital due to the high incidence of AKI in that setting. Ali el al conducted a retrospective cohort study in the Grampian region of Scotland involving 523,390 subjects for a span of 6 months. Their results showed an overall 6-month incidence of approximately 0.09% in the general population. The estimated yearly incidence was 1811 pmp for AKI without prior history of kidney disease. Out of the patients with AKI, 53% were males, 67.7% had full renal recovery, and 7.8% required renal replacement therapy. To note, the in-hospital mortality was estimated to be 32.7% while the 6-month mortality approached 50%. [11]

AKI in ICU Patients

Many studies have addressed the epidemiology of AKI in the intensive care unit with varying incidence rates. A trend of increasing incidence of is apparent with reported incidence of 4.9% in 1983, 7.2% in 2002, and up to 67% most recently.[30][31] Thakar et al reported an overall AKI incidence of 22% when studying 323,395 ICU patients admitted to the ICU in Veterans Affairs Hospitals across the USA, 17.5% of which matched the criteria for Stage 1 AKI.[32] The NEiPHROS-AKI study prospectively assessed the incidence rates of AKI in 19 ICUs in northeastern Italy in a 3-month period following the RIFLE criteria and showed a lower incidence of 10.8% in the cohort of 2164 patients.[33] Probably the highest recorded incidence came from Hoste et al who studied 5383 ICU patients with a reported rate of AKI of 67% according to the RIFLE criteria (Class R: 12%, Class I: 27%, Class F: 28%).[34] None of the studies showed any gender preponderance. Generally, lower incidence rates were seen in patients admitted for elective surgery and higher incidence in patients admitted for sepsis.[35]

Risk Factors

Risk assessment is an important step in the prevention of AKI especially when certain risk factors are preventable. Risk assessment includes both patient susceptibilities and exposures. Risk factors identified generally depend on the patient population studied.

  • In ICU patients, those at the highest risk for developing AKI had one or more of the following risk factors: age more than 65 years, diabetes, presence of infection, acute circulatory or respiratory failure, past history of chronic heart failure (CHF), pre-existing kidney disease, lymphoma or leukemia, use of aminoglycosides, or cirrhosis.[36][37][38]
  • In patients undergoing open heart surgery, major risk factors predisposing to postoperative AKI are advanced age, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, impaired left ventricular function, urgent operation or reoperation, prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass and aortic cross-clamp periods, hypothermia, re-exploration for bleeding or pericardial tamponade, systemic infection, peripheral vascular disease, cerebral vascular disease and COPD. CABG was associated with a higher risk for AKI than valve replacement surgery.[39][40]
  • In patients exposed to contrast media especially in the context of coronary interventions, pre-existing renal disease is the most important risk factor for contrast induced-AKI (CIAKI). For that, it is indicated to carefully monitor the serum creatinine and GFR before and after PCI. Still, studies have not shown a clear GFR value below which risk of AKI increases drastically. Other important risk factors include, diabetes, hypertension, CHF, advanced age (especially >75), volume depletion, IABP, anemia, hemodynamic instability, concurrent nephrotoxic medications, and high osmolality or large volume of contrast media.[3]
Exposures and susceptibilities for non-specific AKI. Adapted from the 2012 KDIGO AKI Practice Guidelines.[3]
Exposures Susceptibilities
Sepsis Dehydration or volume depletion
Critical illness Advanced age
Circulatory shock Female gender
Burns Black race
Trauma CKD
Cardiac surgery (especially with cardiopulmonary bypass) Chronic diseases (heart, lung, liver)
Major non-cardiac surgery Diabetes mellitus
Nephrotoxic drugs Cancer
Radiocontrast agents Anemia
Poisonous plants and animals

Causes

Drug Side Effect

Differential Diagnosis

Once acute kidney injury is identified, a large differential diagnosis arises to determine the underlying etiology. A possible differential according to type of AKI is listed below:

Prerenal AKI:

  • Congestive heart failure
  • Cardiac tamponade
  • Cirrhosis
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Hemorrhage
  • Dehydration
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhea
  • Pancreatitis
  • NG tube suctionning
  • Diuretic overuse
  • ACE inhibitor use
  • NSAID use
  • Renal artery stenosis
  • Renal vein thrombosis
  • Sepsis
  • Vasodilatory drugs
  • Anesthesia


Intrinsic renal AKI:

  • Ischemia - Acute tubular necrosis
  • Contrast induced acute kidney injury (CIAKI)
  • Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS)
  • Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC)
  • Acute interstitial nephritis
  • Drug toxicity
  • Lupus nephropathy
  • Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP)
  • Wegener's granulomatosis
  • Goodpasture's syndrome
  • Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis


Postrenal AKI

  • Bladder neck obstruction
  • Bilateral ureteropelvic obstruction
  • Nephrolithiasis
  • Acute prostatitis
Proposed algorithm for the diagnosis of AKI. 2012 KDIGO AKI Practice Guidelines.
Proposed algorithm for the diagnosis of AKI. 2012 KDIGO AKI Practice Guidelines.

Natural History, Complications & Prognosis

The outcomes of AKI vary greatly based on the population studied, the etiology of AKI, and the supportive therapy used. Certain forms of AKI such as contrast induced nephropathy, usually have a shorter course with creatinine peak in 3-5 days and resolution within 1-2 weeks.[41] Acute interstitial nephritis causing AKI can have a variable course, sometimes resolving with the withdrawal of the inciting agent and at times requiring several weeks to restore full renal function. Other forms related to a more severe systemic illness such as DIC, lupus, and RPGN often result in end-stage renal disease. In general, the majority of patients that survive the initial insult recover their kidney function within 30 days.[42] Beyond two months, patients usually will not recover their full renal function but might have some improvement that allows them to be free of renal replacement therapy. The latter represents a very small proportion of patients, particularly elderly patients, and patients with pre-existing CKD. [43][44]

However, despite the natural history showing possible recovery of renal function, AKI is associated with high mortality. In general, mortality in AKI is highly correlated with the 3 AKI stages, with higher stages increasing the risk of death. In a population based study by Ali et al, 6-month mortality after AKI was 46% in RIFLE stage R, 48% in stage I, and 56 in stage F.[11] In hospitalized patients mortality after AKI ranged from 8.8%[34] to 29.2%[45] in stage R and from 26.3%[34] to 66.7%[46] in stage F. Probably the most studied cause of AKI, contrast nephropathy, has given a lot of insight on the mortality with AKI. Levy et al showed that the mortality rate in patients undergoing contrast procedures was 5 fold higher if their post-procedural course was complicated by AKI.[47]

Studies have substantiated the association of AKI with poor prognosis not only in terms of mortality. A meta-analysis of studies with long-term AKI follow up showed independent association of AKI with MI and congestive heart failure.[48][49] AKI is also associated with ESRD especially in patients with higher stages requiring hemodialysis. The Acute Renal Failure Trials Network (ATN) study showed that patients on hemodialysis after AKI had only a 50% chance of recovering their kidney function after 28 days. [50]

AKI is also associated with increased length of hospital stay and costs. A study by Ishani et al showed that small increases in serum creatinine (≥0.5 mg/dl) were associated with a 6.5-fold higher mortality, a 3.5 day increase in length of stay, and around $7500 in added costs.[51]

Diagnosis

Signs and Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of AKI are limited and often unrecognized early on. The major clinical symptoms include decreased urine output and dark colored urine. Other symptoms are largely non-specific and related to azotemia. Patients may complain of malaise, nausea, pruritis, confusion, and a metallic taste. History should focus on determining the possible etiologies. History of volume depletion secondary to vomiting, diarrhea, or diuretics use should point to a pre-renal cause of AKI. Medications should be noted carefully for the intake of NSAIDs, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, and other medications with known nephrotoxic properties. A history of prostatic hypertrophy or cancer, nephrolithiasis, or malignancy could be a sign of post-renal obstruction.

Signs on physical exam may show volume overload, orthostatic hypotension, tachycardia, reduced jugular venous pressure, decreased skin turgor, and dry mucous membranes with asterixis and a friction rub occasionally present in late disease. [52]

Lab Findings

Clinical signs of AKI are scarce prompting aggressive laboratory surveillance especially in high-risk patients. With past diagnostic strategies, the diagnosis of AKI depended on an elevation of BUN and serum creatinine without response to a fluid challenge. However, this approach alone is not enough. Proper diagnosis and management on AKI requires careful examination of serum chemistries, urinary chemistries and sediments.[53]

Diagnosis of AKI is usually made by documenting an acute elevation in BUN and serum creatinine. Serum creatinine is also used to monitor disease progression and may hint to the etiology of the acute insult. For example, prerenal azotemia usually causes a small increase in serum creatinine that returns to baseline with the improvement of hemodynamics while contrast-induced nephropathy usually causes a rise in serum creatinine 24–48 hours after exposure, peaking within 3 to 5 days, and resolving within 1 week.

AKI may also lead to severe electrolyte disturbances such as hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia, and hypocalcemia that need regular follow-up and may often need corrective measures. Other findings may also help detect the etiology of AKI and are disease specific.[54]

Disease specific blood laboratory findings
Blood Laboratory Finding Related Etiologies
Severe hyperphosphatemia, hypocalcemia, elevated CPK and uric acid Tumor Lysis Syndrome, Rhabdomyolysis
Increased anion gap and osmolal gap Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
Low anion gap Multiple Myeloma
Low complement levels and high titers of ANAs, ANCAs and cryoglobulins Vasculitides
Severe anemia in the absence of bleeding Hemolysis, Multiple Myeloma
Anemia, thrombocytopenia, schistocytes on peripheral blood smear, elevated LDH, and low haptoglobin TTP, HUS, DIC
Peripheral eosinophilia Acute interstitial nephritis, atheroembolic disease, polyarteritis nodosa, Churg-Strauss
Elevated BNP Heart Failure
Bacteremia Sepsis


Urine is a very important marker of kidney function and injury, and a urinalysis is almost invariably a crucial tool for the detection of the etiology and site of injury in AKI. AKI may be defined by oliguria alone; however, urine output is not necessarily decreased. Urine should be noted for volume, color, specific gravity, proteinuria, hematuria, pyuria, and sodium and creatinine concentrations.

Careful urine sediment examination is essential and may show hyaline casts, granular casts, red blood cells casts and tubular epithelial cell casts each denoting a different site and etiology for the AKI For instance, RBC casts in the urine sediment strongly suggest a glomerular or vascular cause of AKI. Acute tubular necrosis secondary to ischemia classically gives muddy-brown casts, pigmented granular casts, and epithelial cell casts. Tumor lysis syndrome would show uric acid crystals in the urine. Still, it is important to correlate the urinary sediment examination to the clinical context since urinary sediment findings have a low specificity when used alone.[55]

Several calculated indices can also be used in the diagnosis of AKI including BUN/creatinine ratio, fractional excretion of sodium & fractional excretion of urea. In prerenal azotemia, low tubular flow rate and enhanced recycling of urea causes an uneven elevation in the BUN compared to creatinine which may manifest as an elevated BUN/creatinine ratio (greater than 20:1). In intrinsic renal AKI however, urea reabsorption is not elevated, so BUN and serum creatinine concentrations increase proportionally usually preserving the BUN/creatinine ratio (10-20:1).[54]

Another important index used in AKI is the fractional excretion of sodium (FENa). The FENa represents the fraction of filtered sodium load that is excreted in the urine and is a measure of tubular function by the kidney's ability to reabsorb sodium. The FENa is calculated by the following equation:


In prerenal azotemia, tubular function is preserved and sodium reabsorption increases with the associated renal vasoconstriction. Hence the FENa is usually <1% in prerenal azotemia. A high FENa in the context of prerenal azotemia is possible during diuretic treatment and glycosuria.

Another important index is the fractional excretion of urea (FEurea) calculated using the same equation for the fractional excretion of sodium. FEurea is of value in states of reduced effective circulating volume, and in cases where diuretics have been administered. In these situations, a low FEurea (<35%) has a higher sensitivity and specificity than FENa in differentiating between prerenal azotemia and renal AKI.[56]


Distinguishing Prerenal azotemia and ATN
Parameter Prerenal AKI Acute Tubular Necrosis
Urinary sediment Normal/Hyaline casts Epithelial cell casts
Urine specific gravity >1.020 <1.020
Urine sodium (mmol/L) <20 >40
FENa <1% >2%
FEurea <35% >50%
Urine osmolality (mOsmol/kg H2O) >500 <350
Urine-Plasma creatinine ratio >40 <10
Plasma BUN-creatinine ratio >20 <15

Novel Biomarkers

Serum creatinine has been criticized as a means to define AKI due to its lack of accuracy especially since creatinine secretion is increased with a decreasing GFR, leading to a less obvious rise in serum creatinine.[57] Creatinine excretion is then considerably greater than the filtered load, leading to an overestimation of the GFR.[58] Furthermore, serum creatinine and BUN are both measures of renal filtration and are thus not direct markers of parenchymal injury. Creatinine is a poor marker of very early kidney injury, and is seldom used to predict and prevent the occurrence of AKI.

Novel biomarkers have been implicated in the diagnosis and early detection of AKI. Markers such as Kidney injury molecule-1 (KIM-1), Neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL), and Cystatin C among others have shown great promise in recent trials. However, the availability, low cost, and ease of measuring serum creatinine and the ability to monitor the progression of the disease with serial measurements still make creatinine a biomarker of choice in AKI for a majority of centers.[59]

Novel biomarkers of AKI. Modified from Siew, Ware, & Ikizler (2011)[59]
Biomarker Source Site of Expression Biomarker Property
NGAL Urine and Serum Proximal tubule > Distal tubule Upregulated expression during ischemic injury and detectable in urine
KIM-1 Urine Proximal tubule Ectodomain shed into urine following injury
Cystatin C Urine and Serum Nucleated cells Accumulates in serum as filtration decreases due to impaired proximal tubule metabolism
NAG Urine Proximal tubule Lysosomal enzyme in proximal tubule
L-FABP Urine Proximal tubule, liver, small intestine Translocation from cytosol to tubular lumen during ischemic injury
NHE-3 Urine Proximal tubule and Thick ascending loop Most abundant sodium transporter in proximal tubule lost in urine during injury
Netrin-1 Urine Proximal tubule blood vessels, lung, pancreas, mammary gland Increased expression early after ischemia-reperfusion and nephrotoxin injury

Treatment

Medical Therapy

Supportive Therapy

Although the pathogenesis of AKI often involves volume depletion especially in the context of prerenal azotemia, no trials have assessed the efficacy of fluids vs. placebo in preventing and treating AKI. The response to fluid resuscitation in AKI is very variable with studies showing that a positive balance is sometimes associated with higher mortality.[60] This is true especially if the therapeutic window for treatment is missed and the inmpairment progresses into a volume non-responsive AKI.[61] Still, it is commonly agreed that fluid resuscitation is important to limit the extend of kidney injury and possibly facilitate recovery of renal function. Early fluid resuscitation is key especially in patients with severe hypotension (e.g: septic shock). However, the amount and duration of volume expansion has not been well elaborated. A recent protocolized approach to septic shock known as Early Goal-Directed Therapy (EGDT)has gained wide acceptance.[3] The protocol aims to recognize septic shock early on and initiates resuscitation with the aim of reestablishing tissue perfusion in 6 hours. Goals are:[62]

  1. Return of mean arterial blood pressure to >65mm Hg
  2. Central venous pressure between 8-12mm Hg
  3. Improvement in blood lactate levels
  4. Central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2)>70%
  5. Urine output of >0.5 ml/kg/h


Selection of the appropriate fluid types for resuscitation is also important for outcome. Isotonic saline (0.9%) is the standard of care for volume expansion due to the lack of support showing that colloids are a superior option. The Saline vs. Albumin Fluid Evaluation (SAFE) study, showed that albumin resuscitation is safe although doesn't have any added benefit over normal saline.[63] Hydroxyethylstarch is not a safe option for the concerns of coagulopathy, osmotic nephrosis especially with hypertonic HES, and increased AKI and 90 day mortality.[64]

Vasopressors are also important in the management of patients with sepsis and septic shock with hypotension refractory to fluid expansion. Clinical data is insufficient to differentiate between different vasopressors, although commonly used agents are norepinephrine, dopamine and vasopressin especially in patients unresponsive to norepinephrine.[3]

Other than appropriate fluid balance and volume resuscitation, correction of electrolyte imbalances particularly hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis are important. Drugs should be monitored for any possible nephrotoxicity to prevent any aggravation of renal dysfunction. Drug doses should also be altered to follow the decline in eGFR.

Diuretics

Loop diuretics in theory should help to improve AKI and prevent AKI in patients at risk. By inhibiting the Na/K/2Cl transporter they decrease oxygen consumption, and increase tubular fluids inducing a wash-out of necrotic debris.[65] However, studies have shown that furosemide has no benefit and sometimes increases the risk of AKI.[66][67] For that, it is recommended not to use diuretics to prevent or treat AKI except in cases of fluid overload where enhanced diuresis is required.[3]

Correction of Hyperglycemia

Patients with AKI are usually in the critical care setting and are at high risk for developing stress hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia by itself has been associated with a higher risk of developing and maintaining AKI.[68] Van den Berghe et al showed significant improvement in morbidity and mortality, as well as a decrease in AKI and need for RRT in the group of patients with tight glycemic control.[69] Thomas et al. also found in a meta-analysis of clinical trials a 38% risk reduction of AKI in patients on tight glycemic control.[70] Thus, it is recommended that patients with AKI, especially those in the ICU setting, have their glucose levels monitored closely with insulin therapy in patients with hyperglycemia aiming at a plasma glucose between 110 and 149 mg/dL.[3]

Contraindicated medications

Renal failure with electrolyte imbalance is considered an absolute contraindication to the use of the following medications:

Severe Renal failure (creatinine clearance (CrCl) < 30ml/min) is considered an absolute contraindication to the use of the following medications:

Renal impairment (e.g., serum creatinine ≥1.5 mg/dL for men, ≥1.4 mg/dL for women, or abnormal creatinine clearance) is considered an absolute contraindication to the use of the following medications:

Renal impairment is considered an absolute contraindication to the use of the following medications:

Renal Replacement Therapy

The approach to renal replacement in AKI is closely similar to that seen in CKD. It is generally agreed that initiation of RRT should be delayed in the absence of absolute indications for dialysis. In patients with severe volume overload, hyperkalemia (when other modes of treatment are exhausted), metabolic acidosis, and overwhelming azotemia renal replacement therapy can be initated.

Timing of Renal Replacement Therapy

The timing of RRT initiation has not clearly been studied. Generally, emergent RRT can be started in patients with life-threatening alterations in fluid balance, and electrolyte and acid-base homeostasis. Although early studies showed benefit from early initiation of RRT, the poor quality of these trials blunted their impact.[71] Bouman et al showed that early initiation of RRT vs. the classical watchful waiting approach provided no difference in outcomes.[72] Other observational studies provide little insight with conflicting data. Hence, no recommendations for early RRT can be made. Instead the timing of RRT should be related to individualized indications.

Indications for Renal Replacement Therapy. Adapted from the 2012 KDIGO AKI Practice Guidelines.[3]
Life-threatening Indications Non-emergent indications
Hyperkalemia Solute control
Severe Acidemia Volume control
Pulmonary edema Nutrition
Uremic complications (pericarditis, bleeding...) Drug delivery

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