Min Ji Shin, Harin Rhee, Il Young Kim, Sang Heon Song, Dong Won Lee, Soo Bong Lee, Ihm Soo Kwak, Eun Young Seong
BACKGROUND: The RIFLE classification is widely used to assess the severity of acute kidney injury (AKI), but its application to geriatric AKI patients complicated by medical problems has not been reported. METHODS: We investigated 256 geriatric patients (≥65 years old; mean age, 74.4 ± 6.3 years) who developed AKI in the intensive care unit (ICU) according to the RIFLE classification. Etiologic, clinical, and prognostic variables were analyzed. RESULTS: They were categorized into RIFLE-R (n = 53), RIFLE-I (n = 102), and RIFLE-F (n = 101) groups...
June 2016: Clinical and Experimental Nephrology