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. 2014 Sep 17;87(1):46–61. doi: 10.1038/ki.2014.293

Table 2a. Hospital-based incidence rates of AKI for cardiac surgery before and after RIFLE/AKIN/KDIGO.

Study Era Country Enrollment Setting Definition of AKI Incidence
Chertow et al.134 Before USA (Veterans Affairs) 1987–1994 Cardiac surgery RRT 1.1%
Mangano et al.135 RIFLE AKIN KDIGO USA 1991–1993 Cardiac surgery Postoperative serum creatinine >2 mg/dl with at least a 0.7 mg/dl increase from preoperative levels. 7.7%
Lenihan et al.75       USA (National Hospital Discharge Survey) 1999–2008 Cardiac surgery ICD-9 Codes for ARF 7.7%
Hobson et al.136 After USA (Florida) 1992–2002 Cardiothoracic surgery RIFLE 43%
Dasta et al.137 RIFLE AKIN KDIGO USA (Pittsburgh) 1998–2002 Cardiac surgery (CABG) RIFLE 6.9%
Kuitunen et al.138       Finland (Helsinki) 2003 Cardiac surgery RIFLE 19.3%