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Acute Renal Failure / Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is a sudden fall in kidney function causing retention of nitrogenous wastes such as urea and creatinine, often with reduced urine output. It is potentially reversible but is associated with high in-hospital mortality and later risk of chronic kidney disease.

Diagnostic criteria

AKI is diagnosed by any one of the following:
  • Rise in serum creatinine by ≥0.3 mg/dL (26.5 μmol/L) within 48 hours
  • Rise in serum creatinine to ≥1.5 times baseline within 7 days
  • Urine output <0.5 mL/kg/hour for at least 6 hours
The current KDIGO framework also recognizes structural kidney injury and the continuum from AKI to acute kidney disease. See the KDIGO AKI guidance.

Etiology

Harrison classifies AKI into three major groups:
TypeMechanismCommon causes
Prerenal azotemiaReduced renal perfusion without initial parenchymal damageHypovolemia from hemorrhage, diarrhea, vomiting; sepsis; heart failure; cirrhosis; NSAIDs; ACE inhibitors/ARBs in susceptible patients
Intrinsic renal AKIDamage to renal parenchymaAcute tubular necrosis due to ischemia or nephrotoxins, acute interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, thrombotic microangiopathy
Postrenal AKIObstruction to urinary outflowProstatic enlargement, stones, pelvic or retroperitoneal malignancy, neurogenic bladder, blocked catheter
Prerenal azotemia is the most common form and should reverse rapidly when renal perfusion is restored. Prolonged hypoperfusion can produce ischemic acute tubular necrosis. Acute tubular necrosis is the commonest intrinsic cause, commonly triggered by hypoperfusion, sepsis, or nephrotoxic drugs.
Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 22e, Chapter 321: Acute Kidney Injury.

Clinical features

  • Oliguria or anuria, though AKI may be non-oliguric
  • Rising serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen
  • Fluid retention: edema, hypertension, pulmonary edema
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Metabolic acidosis
  • Uremic symptoms in severe disease: nausea, vomiting, confusion, pericarditis, bleeding tendency

Evaluation

  1. History and examination
    • Assess volume loss, hypotension, sepsis, heart failure, exposure to contrast or nephrotoxic drugs, and symptoms of obstruction.
  2. Laboratory tests
    • Serial creatinine, urea, electrolytes, bicarbonate, full blood count.
    • Urinalysis and urine sediment:
      • Muddy brown granular casts suggest ATN
      • Red-cell casts suggest glomerulonephritis
      • White-cell casts may occur in interstitial nephritis or pyelonephritis.
  3. Urine indices
    • Fractional excretion of sodium may help distinguish prerenal states from ATN, but interpretation is limited in patients receiving diuretics or with CKD.
  4. Imaging
    • Renal ultrasonography to look for hydronephrosis and exclude obstruction.

Management

  • Identify and correct the underlying cause promptly.
  • Restore effective circulating volume when hypovolemia is present, usually with isotonic crystalloid.
  • Treat sepsis rapidly, maintain adequate perfusion pressure, and use vasopressors when needed after appropriate volume assessment.
  • Stop or avoid nephrotoxins where possible: NSAIDs, unnecessary contrast exposure, aminoglycosides, and inappropriate renin-angiotensin-system blockade.
  • Adjust doses of all renally excreted medications.
  • Monitor fluid balance, body weight, urine output, creatinine, potassium, and acid-base status.
  • Relieve obstruction promptly with bladder catheterization, ureteric stenting, or nephrostomy as appropriate.
  • Treat complications:
    • Hyperkalemia
    • Pulmonary edema or refractory volume overload
    • Severe metabolic acidosis
    • Uremic manifestations

Indications for renal replacement therapy

Dialysis is indicated for refractory:
  • Acidosis
  • Electrolyte imbalance, particularly severe hyperkalemia
  • Intoxications with dialyzable substances
  • Overload of fluid causing pulmonary edema
  • Uremic complications, such as encephalopathy or pericarditis
Early dialysis solely because creatinine is elevated has not consistently improved outcomes. In hemodynamically unstable patients, continuous renal replacement therapy is often better tolerated.

Prognosis

AKI may resolve completely, especially when prerenal or obstructive causes are treated early. However, severe AKI, particularly in sepsis or critical illness, carries substantial mortality and increases later risk of CKD and cardiovascular disease. Recent systematic reviews also associate AKI with adverse long-term kidney outcomes, including CKD progression (2025 meta-analysis).
Key point: AKI is a clinical syndrome, not a single disease. Rapid differentiation of prerenal, intrinsic, and postrenal causes, followed by correction of reversible factors and prevention of further injury, is the central approach.

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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) / Acute Renal Failure

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is an abrupt decline in renal excretory function, causing accumulation of nitrogenous waste products, especially urea and creatinine, with disturbances of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance. It may present with oliguria, although non-oliguric AKI is common.

Etiology and classification

Harrison divides AKI into three broad categories:
  1. Prerenal azotemia
    • Caused by reduced renal perfusion with initially intact renal parenchyma.
    • Common causes: hypovolemia, hemorrhage, vomiting, diarrhea, sepsis, reduced cardiac output in heart failure, cirrhosis, NSAIDs, and ACE inhibitor/ARB-related impairment of autoregulation.
    • It is generally rapidly reversible after restoring renal blood flow and intraglomerular hemodynamics.
    • Persistent prerenal hypoperfusion can progress to ischemic tubular injury.
  2. Intrinsic renal AKI
    • Due to direct renal parenchymal injury.
    • Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is the most common cause, usually due to ischemia or nephrotoxins.
    • Other causes include acute interstitial nephritis, glomerulonephritis, vasculitis, thrombotic microangiopathy, pigment nephropathy from rhabdomyolysis, and vascular disorders.
  3. Postrenal AKI
    • Caused by obstruction of urinary flow.
    • Causes include prostatic enlargement, ureteric stones, pelvic or retroperitoneal malignancy, neurogenic bladder, and catheter obstruction.
    • Early recognition and relief of obstruction can restore renal function.

Risk factors and common settings

AKI is particularly common in hospitalized and critically ill patients. Major settings are:
  • Sepsis
  • Major surgery
  • Heart or liver failure
  • Hypotension and shock
  • Exposure to nephrotoxic drugs or iodinated contrast
  • Pre-existing CKD, older age, diabetes, and reduced renal reserve

Clinical features

  • Oliguria or anuria
  • Rising serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen
  • Edema, hypertension, pulmonary congestion
  • Hyperkalemia
  • Metabolic acidosis
  • Uremic manifestations: nausea, vomiting, altered sensorium, pericarditis, bleeding tendency

Evaluation

  • Assess volume status, blood pressure, sepsis, drug exposure, and features of urinary obstruction.
  • Measure serial serum creatinine, urea, electrolytes, bicarbonate, and urine output.
  • Perform urinalysis and urine microscopy.
    • Granular "muddy brown" casts suggest ATN.
    • Red-cell casts suggest glomerulonephritis.
    • White-cell casts may suggest interstitial nephritis.
  • Renal ultrasonography is useful to identify hydronephrosis or obstruction.
  • Review all medications and recent contrast exposure.

Management

  • Correct the cause and prevent further renal injury.
  • Restore intravascular volume in hypovolemia, while avoiding fluid overload.
  • Treat sepsis promptly and maintain adequate renal perfusion.
  • Stop or minimize nephrotoxic drugs and adjust doses of renally cleared medicines.
  • Relieve urinary obstruction urgently.
  • Monitor fluid balance, body weight, urine output, creatinine, potassium, and acid-base status.
  • Manage hyperkalemia, acidosis, pulmonary edema, and uremic complications.

Indications for dialysis

Renal replacement therapy is required for refractory:
  • Acidosis
  • Electrolyte disturbance, particularly hyperkalemia
  • Intoxication with dialyzable toxins
  • Overload causing pulmonary edema
  • Uremic complications, such as pericarditis or encephalopathy
Key point: Prerenal and postrenal AKI are often reversible if corrected early. Delayed correction of renal hypoperfusion may lead to ATN, the commonest intrinsic form of AKI.
Source: Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd ed. (2025), Chapter 321: Acute Kidney Injury.

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          P('<b>Acute kidney injury (AKI)</b>, formerly called acute renal failure, is impairment of renal filtration and excretory function that develops over days to weeks, usually known or expected to have occurred within 7 days. It leads to retention of nitrogenous and other waste products, often with reduced urine output. AKI is a clinical syndrome: functional impairment can occur with or without demonstrable structural parenchymal damage.','Bodyx'),
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# Page 2
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          P('<b>Postrenal AKI:</b> obstruction must be actively excluded, especially in older men, anuria, fluctuating urine volume, pelvic malignancy, stone disease, or neurogenic bladder. Early relief may lead to substantial recovery.','Small'), PageBreak()]

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# Page 4
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          P('Prevention in high-risk patients','H2x')] + bullet(['Recognize susceptibility before major surgery, contrast studies, sepsis, or exposure to nephrotoxic combinations.', 'Optimize intravascular volume and perfusion; avoid sustained hypotension.', 'Use the lowest necessary nephrotoxic exposure and review interacting medications.', 'Monitor creatinine and urine output after a high-risk event.']) + [
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          P('Indications for renal replacement therapy','H2x'), P('RRT should be initiated for standard, definitive indications rather than solely for a particular SCr value. A useful mnemonic is <b>AEIOU</b>:','Bodyx'),
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          P('Choice of modality','H2x'), P('Intermittent hemodialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), and other modalities are selected according to hemodynamic stability, local expertise, and fluid-management needs. In septic shock, Harrison notes that CRRT is often better tolerated because it produces less dynamic intravascular volume shift.','Bodyx'), PageBreak()]

# Page 6
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          P('Key examination points','H2x')] + bullet(['AKI is a syndrome of abrupt functional decline and may be oliguric or non-oliguric.', 'The central differential is <b>prerenal vs intrinsic vs postrenal</b>. Treat reversible hypoperfusion and obstruction without delay.', 'Prolonged prerenal azotemia can progress to ischemic ATN.', 'Urine microscopy is diagnostically valuable; use FENa/FEUrea only as supporting evidence.', 'Do not administer excessive fluid without reassessment, particularly in heart failure, cirrhosis, sepsis, or established ATN.', 'Dialysis is for clinical indications such as refractory hyperkalemia, acidosis, pulmonary edema, uremia, or selected intoxications, not for creatinine alone.']) + [
          P('Prognosis','H2x'), P('Recovery depends on the cause, severity, duration, baseline renal reserve, and associated critical illness. Prerenal and obstructive AKI can recover rapidly if corrected early; severe intrinsic AKI, especially in sepsis or multiorgan failure, has a poorer short-term prognosis. AKI is also a marker of later CKD and cardiovascular risk, so follow-up is required.','Bodyx'),
          P('References','H2x'), P('1. Waikar SS, Bonventre JV. Acute Kidney Injury. Chapter 321. In: <i>Harrison\'s Principles of Internal Medicine</i>. 22nd ed. McGraw Hill; 2025. Source for the core content, staging table, etiologic framework, and management table in this note.','Small'),
          P('2. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). <i>Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury</i>. Kidney Int Suppl. 2012;2(1). The KDIGO diagnostic criteria used in Harrison are reproduced in this summary.','Small'),
          P('Educational note: This PDF is a study summary, not a substitute for clinical judgment, local protocols, nephrology input, or emergency care for a patient with suspected AKI.','Small')]

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python -c "p='/tmp/workspace/aki-harrison22/src/create_aki_pdf.py'; s=open(p).read(); s=s.replace(\"OUT = '/tmp/workspace/aki-harrison22/output/Acute_Kidney_Injury_Harrison_22e_6_Page_Note.pdf'\", \"OUT = '/tmp/workspace/aki-harrison22/output/Acute_Kidney_Injury_Harrison_22e_Only_6_Page_Note.pdf'\"); s=s.replace(\"Six-page examination note based on <b>Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd edition (2025)</b>, Chapter 321\", \"Six-page examination note based <b>only</b> on <b>Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd edition (2025)</b>, Chapter 321\"); s=s.replace(\"<b>KDIGO diagnostic definition:</b>\", \"<b>Diagnostic definition quoted in Harrison:</b>\"); s=s.replace(\"Severity staging (KDIGO)\", \"Severity staging presented in Harrison\"); old=\"2. Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). <i>Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury</i>. Kidney Int Suppl. 2012;2(1). The KDIGO diagnostic criteria used in Harrison are reproduced in this summary.\"; s=s.replace(old, \"This document uses no external guidelines, reviews, websites, or textbooks. All substantive content and the staging criteria are drawn from the Harrison chapter cited above.\"); s=s.replace(\"not a substitute for clinical judgment, local protocols, nephrology input, or emergency care for a patient with suspected AKI.\", \"for educational study only and is not a substitute for clinical judgment or urgent medical assessment.\"); open(p,'w').write(s)" && python "/tmp/workspace/aki-harrison22/src/create_aki_pdf.py" && python -c "from pypdf import PdfReader; p='/tmp/workspace/aki-harrison22/output/Acute_Kidney_Injury_Harrison_22e_Only_6_Page_Note.pdf'; r=PdfReader(p); t='\\n'.join(x.extract_text() or '' for x in r.pages); print('pages=',len(r.pages)); print('KDIGO reference present=', 'Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO). Clinical Practice' in t); print('only source statement=', 'uses no external guidelines' in t)"

Revised file is based only on Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 22nd edition (2025), Chapter 321: Acute Kidney Injury. It contains no external guideline or web references.

Acute Kidney Injury Harrison 22e Only 6 Page Note

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