What are the prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury?
Acute Kidney Injury is associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality.
In critically ill patients with severe Acute Tubular Necrosis requiring dialytic support, hospital mortality rates are in the range of 40% to 70%.
Even prerenal azotemia is associated with increased mortality, with mortality rates as high as 30% in some series.
The recovery of kidney function in survivors is often incomplete, and there is a markedly increased risk of progressive Chronic Kidney Disease and the development of dialysis-requiring end-stage kidney disease after an episode of Acute Kidney Injury.
