Setting the stage for acute-on-chronic kidney injury.
Acute-on-chronic kidney disease will be familiar to many nephrologists. Hsu et al. quantify the risk of acute-on-chronic disease across the stages of preexisting chronic kidney disease. Their study demonstrates the valuable insights that large epidemiological studies can bring to the field of acute kidney injury.
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Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh University, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000453:epidemiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012306:Risk