Clinical CPD topic
Acute kidney injury: practise, reflect and record
Practise acute kidney injury through five clinical cases, review the explanations and build a professional learning record. Stage AKI using the most severe creatinine or urine-output criterion.
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What you’ll work on
- Stage AKI using the most severe creatinine or urine-output criterion.
- Select initial volume management and medication withholding during hypovolaemic AKI.
- Prioritise emergency hyperkalaemia treatment and urgent imaging/referral for suspected infected obstruction.
Think through a clinical case
Decide how you would approach this case before opening the question session.
A 70-kg inpatient has a baseline creatinine of 80 micromol/L. Forty hours after sepsis develops, creatinine is 156 micromol/L. Urine output has been 22 mL/hour for the latest 13 hours. Which AKI stage is met by the most severe criterion?
A case from the UKMLA question bank. The session provides the answer and explanation after your attempt.
From a decision to a learning record
- Test your reasoning. Answer five questions from this topic’s clinical-content library.
- Explore the gaps. Review explanations and use Tutor to work through decisions that need more thought.
- Reflect on application. Describe what you learned and what you would change or investigate.
- Review your evidence. Confirm the activity and time spent, then retain or export your professional record.
Primary sources and further reading
Read the source in the same jurisdiction as your question session.
- Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline: Acute Kidney Injury (August 2019)UK source
- Recommendations | Acute kidney injury: prevention, detection and management | Guidance | NICEUK source
- Metformin Hydrochloride 500mg/5ml Oral Solution — UK SmPCUK source
- NHSAAA Medicines - Management of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)UK source
- Hyperkalaemia - UK Kidney AssociationUK source
- Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust: Hyperkalaemia guide for GPs (January 2024)UK source
- Sando-K — UK SmPCUK source