title: Pediatric acute kidney injury: the use of the RIFLE criteria.
abstract: Outcome in pediatric acute kidney injury (AKI) is in part related to diagnosis and intervention. Standard markers of severity of illness do not identify AKI. Modified RIFLE criteria are shown to identify patients who develop AKI, potentially allowing for early intervention.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital of Alabama, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Askenazi
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Bunchman
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002648:Child; D003950:Diagnostic Techniques, Urological; D004231:Diuresis; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*