Critically Ill Patients Requiring Acute Renal Replacement Therapy Are at an Increased Risk of Long-Term Renal Dysfunction, but Rarely Receive Specialist Nephrology Follow-Up

Abstract

Follow-up of patients who required RRT for AKI in ICU is inconsistent despite evidence of a significant increase in the prevalence of CKD. There is strong justification for the development of robust pathways to identify survivors of AKI in order to detect and manage CKD and its complications.