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.
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