Acute Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common and can be caused by a number of insults including toxins, infections and ischaemia that cause damage over hours to days. The degree of damage inflicted can range from severe loss of renal function (some may no longer be able to produce urine) to mild impairment. In any patient that is detected with azotaemia the first question the clinician should consider is if the injury is acute or chronic – the differentiation is vital to the management and prognosis since AKI is potentially reversible. We will specifically address the differentiation of acute and chronic renal failure, the causes of acute kidney injury, its diagnosis and management.

Recording from 14.12.2017