Table 3

Incidence of AKI stratified by RIFLE criteria and by an admission diagnosis of sepsis

RIFLE categorya
Nonseptic (n = 86,748)
Septic (n = 33,375)

None (%)
66.2
57.9
Risk (%)
16.3
16.2
Injury (%)
12.6
16.3
Failure (%)
5.0
9.6
Any RIFLE category (%)
33.8
42.1

aClassification into RIFLE category based on fulfilling worst criteria for either serum creatinine or urine output. AKI, acute kidney injury; RIFLE, risk of renal failure, injury to the kidney, failure of kidney function, loss of kidney function and end-stage kidney disease

Bagshaw et al. Critical Care 2008 12:R47   doi:10.1186/cc6863