Kidney injury in hospital increases long-term risk of death

Patients with sudden loss of kidney function, called acute kidney injury (AKI), are more likely to die prematurely after leaving the hospital - even if their kidney function has apparently recovered, according to an upcoming study in Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). 'Our study found that risk of death remains elevated long after the acute kidney injury,' comments Jean-Phillipe Lafrance, MD (Centre for Health Quality, Outcomes, and Economic Research, Bedford, MA)...

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