A recent observational study reports that after cardiac surgery, clinical outcomes differ significantly between patients with the same stage of acute kidney injury (AKI) depending on the diagnosis criteria used: urine output, serum creatinine or both. This finding emphasizes the limitations of current criteria for AKI risk stratification and diagnosis.
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C.R. is a consultant for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics and Astute Medical, and has received honoraria for serving on the advisory board of Biomerieux. F. H.-S. declares no competing interests.
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Husain-Syed, F., Ronco, C. The odyssey of risk stratification in acute kidney injury. Nat Rev Nephrol 14, 660–662 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41581-018-0053-z
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