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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Care Clin. 2021 Feb 13;37(2):279–301. doi: 10.1016/j.ccc.2020.11.010

Table 1.

KDIGO Criteria for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

KDIGO Criteria for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Stage Serum Creatinine (sCr) Urine Output (UO)
1 1.5–1.9x baseline
OR
≥ 0.3mg/dl (>26.5 μmol/l) increase
<0.5 ml/kg/h for 6–12 h

2 2.0–2.9x baseline <0.5 ml/kg/h for 12 h

3 3x baseline
OR
Increase in SrCr ≥ 4.0 mg /dl (353.6 μmol/l)
OR
Initiation of RRT
OR
In patients < 18 years, decrease in eGFR to
<35 ml/min per 1.73m2
<0.3 ml/kg/h for ≥ 24 h
OR
Anuria for ≥ 12 h

Adopted and adapted from: Khwaja, A. KDIGO clinical practice guidelines for acute kidney injury. Nephron. Clinical practice 120, c179–184, doi:10.1159/000339789 (2012).11