Question

A 79-year-old man admitted with pneumonia develops a rise in serum creatinine from 90 to 190 micromol/L over 48 hours. His urine output has fallen to 0.3 mL/kg/hour for 8 hours. According to KDIGO-based UK criteria, how is this best described?

Accepted Answer

Acute kidney injury stage 2

Answer

No acute kidney injury

Answer

Acute kidney injury stage 1

Answer

Acute kidney injury stage 3

Answer

Chronic kidney disease stage 4

Practice question

A 79-year-old man admitted with pneumonia develops a rise in serum creatinine from 90 to 190 micromol/L over 48 hours. His urine output has fallen to 0.3 mL/kg/hour for 8 hours. According to KDIGO-based UK criteria, how is this best described?