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From: Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication in critically ill neonates receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a 14-year cohort study

Figure 2

Evolution of acute kidney injury during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Flow diagram showing the evolution of acute kidney injury (AKI) during treatment with ECMO. After the start of ECMO, all patients were stratified according to the highest RIFLE score attained. RIFLE categories Risk, Injury, and Failure were defined as, respectively, SCr above 150%, 200%, and 300%, of the median of age-specific SCr reference values. Subsequently the AKI evolution over time was evaluated by using the last RIFLE score before the cessation of ECMO or on ECMO day 12. All arrows indicate the direction of AKI evolution. Of all 153 AKI patients, only 71 (46%) patients improved at least one RIFLE category. n, number of ECMO patients (%); AKI, acute kidney injury; NS, nonsurvivor; RIFLE, Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-stage renal disease; SCr, serum creatinine; S, survivor.

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