The KDIGO has not been the focus of any CICM exam questions.
It was first published as a guidelines statement in 2012. It is essentially a combined RIFLE/AKIN system, incorporating the better elements of both, and thus unfortunately also retaining their defects.
A lukewarm response from the Americans published in 2013 serves as an excellent summary of the KDIGO recommendation statements, and a source for much of the critiques.
The abovementioned American Response has within it a handy summary box (Box 1, p.653).
Stage |
Serum creatinine criteria | Urine output criteria |
1 |
Creatinine × 1.5 - 1.9 from baseline over 7 days OR: Creatinine increased by at least 26.4μmol/L over 48 hrs |
u/o < 0.5ml/kg/hr × 6-12 hours |
2 |
Creatinine × 2.0-2.9 (i.e. doubled or tripled creatinine) | u/o < 0.5ml/kg/hr × more than 12 hrs |
3 |
Creatinine × 3.0 OR: An increase up to a creatinine of 354 μmol/L or more OR: The initiation of RRT OR In patients <18 years, decrease in eGFR to <35 ml/min |
u/o < 0.3ml/kg/hr × 24 hrs OR: Anuria for 12 hours |
One might say that this is damn near identical to the AKIN classifications.
That is indeed accurate.
The definition of AKI in general is only slightly different.
Lopes et al have published "a critical and comprehensive review" of the RIFLE and AKIN criteria in 2012. This summary owes much to their article.
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