The Relationship between AKI and CKD in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: An Observational Cohort Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Vol. 32; no. 1; pp. 138 - 150
• Main Authors: Hapca, Simona, Siddiqui, Moneeza K, Kwan, Ryan S Y, Lim, Michelle, Matthew, Shona, Doney, Alex S F, Pearson, Ewan R, Palmer, Colin N A, Bell, Samira
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society of Nephrology 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Acute Kidney Injury - complications; Adult; Aged; Algorithms; Clinical Epidemiology; Creatinine - blood; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications; Disease Progression; Electronic Health Records; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Glomerular Filtration Rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Scotland; Treatment Outcome; Scotland; chronic kidney disease; epidemiology and outcomes; acute kidney injury; diabetes mellitus

There are few observational studies evaluating the risk of AKI in people with type 2 diabetes, and even fewer simultaneously investigating AKI and CKD in this population. This limits understanding of the interplay between AKI and CKD in people with type 2 diabetes compared with the nondiabetic popul...