Guideline Atlas

Acute kidney injury

Also known as: acute renal failure · AKI

Also relevant to Emergency & Critical Care

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United StatesNKF/AUA
CurrentGlobal guideline

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury

KDIGO · 2012 · 2012 (2026 AKI/AKD revision in public review)

KDIGO's 2012 AKI guideline remains the current published global standard for defining, staging, preventing and managing acute kidney injury. A first full revision, expanded to cover acute kidney disease, was released as a public-review draft in 2026 and has not yet been finalised.

  • KDIGO states the forthcoming AKI/AKD guideline is the first major update to its AKI guidance since 2012, so the 2012 document is still the operative version. source
  • The draft update proposes an expanded AKI-to-AKD framework and definitions combining functional criteria with structural biomarkers. source
EuropeERA/EAU (global: KDIGO)
CurrentGlobal guideline

KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury

KDIGO · 2012 · 2012 (2026 AKI/AKD revision in public review)

KDIGO's 2012 AKI guideline remains the current published global standard for defining, staging, preventing and managing acute kidney injury. A first full revision, expanded to cover acute kidney disease, was released as a public-review draft in 2026 and has not yet been finalised.

  • KDIGO states the forthcoming AKI/AKD guideline is the first major update to its AKI guidance since 2012, so the 2012 document is still the operative version. source
  • The draft update proposes an expanded AKI-to-AKD framework and definitions combining functional criteria with structural biomarkers. source

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