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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med. 2019 Dec 10;133(5):552–560.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.10.038

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Risk dimensions and risk factors for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Nonexhaustive list of risk factors within each risk dimension (from population to patient level) to highlight differences in their impact on the overall risk of AKI, based on resource availabilities. Additional factors may exist for each category, and the factors listed may also span multiple dimensions.

*Although three important classes of nephrotoxins are named here, there are other medications that are renally eliminated or have nephrotoxic characteristics that also may need to be considered.

**Availability of experts and specialists (ie, physicians, nurses, pharmacists) is one of the important factors in the determination of the processes of care provided.

CKD = chronic kidney disease; EHR = electronic health record; NSAIDs =nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Source: Reprinted from Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) with permission.