title: RIFLE criteria for acute kidney injury in the intensive care units.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly occurred in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The aim of the study was a comparison of RIFLE (Risk of renal injury/Injury to the kidney/Failure of kidney function/Loss of kidney function/End stage disease) classification with other scoring systems in the evaluation of AKI in ICUs.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a retrospective study on 409 ICU patients who were admitted during the 5 years period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the 1(st) day of admission and time of discharge, the total and non-renal Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and sequential organ failure assessment scores were compared to max RIFLE criteria. In this assessment, there was concordance among the results (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The RIFLE classification can be used for detection of AKI in ICU patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kidney Transplantation Complications Research Center, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sharifipour
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hami
authors.forename: Massih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naghibi
authors.forename: Abbasali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeraati
authors.forename: Sanaz
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arian
authors.forename: Amir Abbas
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Azarian
keywords: Acute kidney injury; acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II; intensive care units; outcome