Acute Kidney Injury Flashcards
definition
abrupt reduction in renal function (over a period of less than 48 hours) defined as
- absolute increase in creatinine above 26.4micromol/litre
OR
- increase in creatinine by 50% or more
OR
- reduction in urine output
the term acute kidney injury can only be used when
adequate fluid resuscitation has been attempted and an obstruction has been ruled out
KDIGO STAGING CLASSIFICATION stage 1
- increase in creatinine above 26micromol/litre or increase in creatine above 1.5-1.9x reference creatinine
- urine output less than 0.5ml/kg/hour for more than 6 consecutive hours
KDIGO STAGING CLASSIFICATION stage 2
- increases in creatinine above 2 to 2.9x reference value
- urine output less than 0.5ml/kg/hour for more than 12 consecutive hours
KDIGO STAGING CLASSIFICATION stage 3
- increase in creatinine greater than 3x reference value
- urine output less than 0.3ml/kg/hour for 24 hours or 12 hours for aneuria
Risk factors for acute kidney injury in the patient
- older age
- previous AKI
- chronic kidney disease
- diabetes
- heart failure
- liver disease
- PVD
Exposure risk factors for acute kidney injury
- hypotension
- hypovolaemia
- sepsis
- deteriorating NEWS
- recent contrast
- exposure to certain nephrotoxic medications
causes of AKI are divided into 3
- pre- renal causes (functional)
- renal causes (structural)
- post-renal causes (obstructive)
pre-renal acute kidney injury caused by
decreased blood flow to the kidneys
pre-renal AKI can be due to
- absolute loss of body fluid
- relative loss of fluid
- renal hypoperfusion
absolute loss of body fluid caused by
fluid actually leaving the body caused by haemorrhage, diarrhoea and vomiting or burns
relative loss of body fluid caused by
total amount of fluid within the body stays the same
- distributive shock= fluid moves from within blood vessels into the tissues
- cariogenic shock= seen in congestive heart failure where there is impaired pumping of the heart so blood pools in the venous side
renal hypo perfusion is caused by
problem localised to the renal artery
- renal artery stenosis
- hepato-renal syndrome
- NSAIDS, cox-2 inhibitors, ACE inhibitors and ARBS
in all of the causes of pre-renal AKI
there is reduced blood flowing to the glomerulus therefore, there is a reduction in glomerular filtration rate therefore, reduced amount of creatinine and urea get filtered which causes azotemia and also causes oliguria §
oliguria
less than 0.5mls/kg/hour of urine is produced
normal urine output
0.5mls/kg/hour which amounts to 30mls/ hour in a 60kg person
less blood getting filtered through the kidney also activates what
the RAAS system which causes the release of aldosterone by the adrenal cortext which causes the kidneys to re-asbord sodium and water which causes the re-absorption of even more urea
the re-absorption of sodium and water means that
less sodium is excited and because less water is excreted urine becomes very concentrated
in pre-renal AKI urine osmolarity
is greater than 500mosmol/kg most of which is urea which is why the urine smells so strongly
ACE inhibitors reduce production of what
angiotensin II
function of angiotensin II
mediates arterial vasoconstriction which increased glomerular filtration rate
ACE inhibits can cause
a fall in glomerular filtration rate by causing efferent arteriolar vasodilation therefore, someone on an ACE inhibitor should stop it if they get diarrhoea or vomiting
untreated pre-renal AKI will cause
acute tubular necrosis
acute tubular necrosis
hypo perfusion to the renal tubular cells causes ischaemia, infraction and necrosis of the cells
common causes of acute tubular necrosis
sepsis, severe dehydration, rhabdomyolysis and drug toxicity
acute tubular necrosis is the most common cause of what
acute kidney injury in hospital
treatment of pre-renal AKI
- Assess for hydration= blood pressure, heart rate, urine output, JVP, capillary refill time, oedema
If hypovolaemia= crystalloid fluids (0.9% NaCl) give 500mls and repeat as required or colloid (gelofusin) - if you have given 1 litre and still no improvement get help!!