Question

A 76-year-old woman is admitted from a care home with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her baseline creatinine is 80 µmol/L. Today her creatinine is 140 µmol/L. She is hypotensive and tachycardic. According to NICE criteria, how is acute kidney injury defined in this case?

Accepted Answer

An increase in serum creatinine of 50% from baseline within 7 days

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An increase in serum creatinine of 20% from baseline within 7 days

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A decrease in urine output to less than 1 ml/kg/hour for 4 hours

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Any rise in creatinine above the reference range

Answer

A urea level above 10 mmol/L

Practice question

A 76-year-old woman is admitted from a care home with vomiting and diarrhoea. Her baseline creatinine is 80 µmol/L. Today her creatinine is 140 µmol/L. She is hypotensive and tachycardic. According to NICE criteria, how is acute kidney injury defined in this case?