A 60-year-old man on ICU with septic shock has persistent AKI. His creatinine has risen to 3.5 times baseline and he has been anuric for 18 hours. Usi...

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A 60-year-old man on ICU with septic shock has persistent AKI. His creatinine has risen to 3.5 times baseline and he has been anuric for 18 hours. Using the RIFLE criteria, what stage is this?

Accepted Answer

Failure - creatinine increase more than 3 times baseline and anuria more than 12 hours both independently meet Failure criteria

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Risk

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Injury

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Loss

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End-stage

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): RIFLE Classification

A 60-year-old man on ICU with septic shock has persistent AKI. His creatinine has risen to 3.5 times baseline and he has been anuric for 18 hours. Using the RIFLE criteria, what stage is this?