Abstract
tion’, implying that most patients ‘should’ receive a particular action. In contrast, level 2 guidelines are essentially ‘suggestions’ and are deemed to be ‘weak’ or discretionary, recognising that management decisions may vary in different clinical contexts. Each recommendation was further graded from A to D by the quality of evidence underpinning them, with grade A referring to a high quality of evidence whilst grade D recognised a ‘very low’ evidence base. The overall strength and quality of the supporting evidence is summarised in table 1 . The guidelines focused on 4 key domains: (1) AKI definition, (2) prevention and treatment of AKI, (3) contrastinduced AKI (CI-AKI) and (4) dialysis interventions for the treatment of AKI. The full summary of clinical practice statements is available at www.kdigo.org, but a few key recommendation statements will be highlighted here.
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MedicineIntensive care medicineAcute kidney injuryPsychological interventionClinical PracticeDialysisUnderpinningKidney diseaseEvidence-based medicineEvidence-based practiceQuality of evidenceQuality managementQuality (philosophy)Alternative medicineFamily medicineInternal medicineNursingRandomized controlled trialPathologyOperations management
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Arif Khwaja
(2012).
KDIGO Clinical Practice Guidelines for Acute Kidney Injury.
Nephron Clinical Practice
, 120
(4)
, c179-c184.
https://doi.org/10.1159/000339789
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- 10.1159/000339789