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A 67 year old female is admitted with community acquired pneumonia and dehydration. She has evidence of marked AKI and is admitted straight to the medical high dependency unit. She explains she has not passed urine all day. IV fluids are commenced and a catheter inserted, which drains 10 mL of urine. She is nauseated and tired but orientated. Her BP is 87/60 mmHg, her SpO2 94% on 10 L oxygen, and her chest X-ray demonstrates bilateral consolidation. Her serum creatinine is 642 μmol/L, urea 14.3 μmol/L, potassium 4.9 mmol/L and bicarbonate 19 mmol/L.
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Renal Association Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury, 2011. www.renal.org/guidelines/modules/acute-kidney-injury.
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Fairweather, J., Findlay, M., Isles, C. (2020). Investigation, Management and Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury. In: Clinical Companion in Nephrology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38320-6_16
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