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Sammanfattning
Acute kidney injury, previously called acute renal failure, is very common in different health care settings. Acute kidney
injury is strongly related to an increased risk of death, myocardial infarction, heart failure and dialysis-dependent chronic kidney
disease. The established classification of acute kidney injury, KDIGO, uses changes in serum creatinine values, and/or urine
output to define different stages (stages 1-3). Acute kidney injury stage 1 is defined as an increase in serum creatinine levels of
26 µmol/l, or an 1.5-2-fold increase in serum creatinine levels compared with baseline values, which often goes undetected. The
aim of this review was to give an overview of the classification, epidemiology, and importance of acute kidney injury for
prognosis in different clinical settings.