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01-02-2004 | Poster presentation
Clinical evaluation of the new RIFLE criteria for acute renal failure
Authors:
E Hoste, G Clermont, A Kersten, R Venkataraman, H Kaldas, D Angus, J Kellum
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2004
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Excerpt
The recently proposed RIFLE classification of acute renal failure (ARF) (Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative,
http://www.ADQI.net) has yet to be evaluated in a general ICU population. RIFLE defines three grades of severity of ARF on the basis of either urine output (U) or an acute increase in serum creatinine (C): risk = C × 1.5 or U < 0.5 ml/kg/hour × 6 hours; injury = C × 2 or U < 0.5 ml/kg/hour × 12 hours; and failure = C × 3, C ≥ 4 mg/dl, U < 0.3 ml/kg/hour × 24 hours, or anuria × 12 hours. …