Background Increased in-hospital mortality associated with weekend admission has been reported for many acute conditions, but no study has investigated “weekend effect” for acute kidney injury requiring dialysis (AKI-D). ...

OBJECTIVES: Using a prospective study design, we aimed to characterise the effect of acute kidney injury (AKI) on long-term changes in renal function in a general hospital population. PARTICIPANTS: Hospitalised patients ...

Acute kidney injury in children is associated with adverse outcomes, although much of our current understanding originates from studies in intensive care units. Holmes et al. used an automated acute kidney injury detection ...