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SUBMITTER: Smith TD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7444813 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Smith Taylor D TD Soriano Victor Ortiz VO Neyra Javier A JA Chen Jin J
Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on Healthcare Informatics 20190601
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a complex systemic syndrome associated with high morbidity and mortality and risk for the subsequent development of renal and non-renal complications. Nearly 50% of patients in the ICU experience AKI. AKI severity is a key metric for evaluating patients risk of hospital mortality. Current AKI stratification is based on absolute changes in Serum Creatinine (SCr) and the maximal increase relative to the patients baseline value. However, such measurement does not consid ...[more]