1. MANAGEMENT OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY
BY
DR. B. A. GBADEGESIN
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
LAUTECH TEACHING HOSPITAL OGBOMOSO
OYO STATE
2. DEFINITION
ARF also known as Acute Kidney Injury is defined
as a sudden deterioration in renal function which
is usually, but not invariably reversible over a
period of hours to days, characterized by
accumulation of nitrogenous waste and
disturbance of fluid and electrolyte homeostasis,
with or without a reduction in urinary output.
3. RIFLE Classification of ARF into 5 categories
(published in 2004 by the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative
(ADQI) group –
based on changes from the patient's baseline either
in serum creatinine level or glomerular filtration rate (GFR),
urine output (UO), or both.
4. Risk (R) - Increase in serum creatinine level X 1.5 or decrease
in GFR by 25%, or UO <0.5 mL/kg/h for 6 hours
Injury (I) - Increase in serum creatinine level X 2.0 or decrease
in GFR by 50%, or UO <0.5 mL/kg/h for 12 hours
Failure (F) - Increase in serum creatinine level X 3.0, decrease
in GFR by 75%, UO <0.3 mL/kg/h for 24 hours, or anuria for
12 hours
5. Loss (L) - Persistent ARF, complete loss of kidney
function >4 wk
End-stage kidney disease (E) - Loss of kidney
function >3 months
7. Work Group Recommendations
Diagnostic Criteria for AKI: Proposal
An abrupt (within 48 hours) reduction in kidney
function currently defined as an:
1.Absolute increase in serum creatinine of either
>0.3mg/dl (>25 micromole/L) or a percentage
increase of 50%
OR
1.A reduction in urine output (documented oliguria
of < 0.5ml/kg/hr for > 6 hour)*
8. MODIFICATION PROPOSED BY AKIN
AMSTERDAM, 2006
Increased creatinine x
1.5 OR >0.3mg/dl
UO < 0.5ml/kg/h x 6 hr
Increased creatinine x 2 UO < 0.5ml/kg/h x 12 hr
Increased creatinine x
3 or creatinine ≥4
mg/dl (acute rise of
≥0.5mg/dl)
UO < 0.3ml/kg/h
x 24 hr or
Anuria x 12 hrs
RRT Started
High
Sensitivity
High
Specificity
R(I)
I(II)
F(III)
9. EPIDEMIOLOGY
ARF affects approximately 1% of patients on
admission to the hospital ( community aquired)
2% to 5% of patients develop ARF during hospital
stay
4% to 15% develop ARF after cardiopulmonary
bypass surgery.
Prevalence in OAUTHC found to be 2% amongst
hospitalized patients. (okunola et al)
10. EPIDEMIOLOGY
In critically ill, 23-35%of ICU admissions
Study by Okunola; 19.6%
With RIFLE criteria 2/3 of ICU admission.
common causes are severe sepsis and septic shock.
high mortality in ARF assoc with sepsis (~70%)
11. mortality
The mortality rate estimates, vary from 25-
90% depending on the cause
The in-hospital mortality rate is 40-50%, and
70-80% in intensive care settings and
correlates directly to the severity of the
patients other disease processes.
The mortality rate among patients presenting to
the ED with prerenal ARF may be as low as 7%.
12. CLASSIFICATION
1. Volume of urine:
- Oliguric
- Non-Oliguric
- Anuric
2. Etiology
- Pre-renal 60-70%
- intrinsic renal 25-40%
- Post-renal 5-10%
3. Place of occurrence
- ICU based
- Hospital based
- Community based
17. Hypovolaemia
Hypovolaemia
Renal Perf
Renal Perf
Tubular damage
Tubular damage
GFR
GFR
Structural Proteins
Structural Proteins
Proteinuria
Proteinuria
Lipid
Lipid
peroxidation
peroxidation
Renal
Renal
Microvascular
Microvascular
Injury
Injury
Acute
Acute
Kidney Injury
Kidney Injury
/ Failure
/ Failure
Pathways Leading to AKI
Pathways Leading to AKI
Renal
Renal
Growth factor and
Growth factor and
cytokine activation
cytokine activation
ransdifferentiation of
ransdifferentiation of
enal Cells to fibroblast
enal Cells to fibroblast
phenotype
phenotype
Inflammation
Inflammation
Influx of Infl cells
Influx of Infl cells
Uraemia
Uraemia Oedema
Oedema Acidosis
Acidosis Others eg Anaemia,
Others eg Anaemia,
Ca X PO bal
Ca X PO bal
Nephrotoxins
Nephrotoxins
Obstructive
Obstructive
Uropathy
Uropathy
19. Urinalysis
Most important test in the initial evaluation of ARF
.
Reddish brown or cola-colored urine is present in
patients with AGN or in the presence of myoglobin
or hemoglobin.
Dipstick assay findings may show the presence of
significant proteinuria such as occurs in intrinsic
renal diseases, including glomerulonephritis, acute
interstitial nephritis, tubular necrosis, and vascular
diseases.
20. Microscopy
Normal urinary sediment without hemoglobin,
protein, cells, or casts generally consistent with
prerenal and postrenal failure, HUS/thrombotic
thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), preglomerular
vasculitis, or atheroembolism
Findings of granular muddy-brown casts are
suggestive of tubular necrosis.
21. Granular casts - ATN, glomerulonephritis, interstitial
nephritis
The presence of tubular cells or tubular cell casts also
supports the diagnosis of acute tubular necrosis
(ATN).
RBC casts - Glomerulonephritis, malignant HTN
WBC casts - Acute interstitial nephritis,
pyelonephritis
Eosinophiluria – (wright or Hansel stain)Acute allergic
interstitial nephritis, atheroembolism
22. Crystalluria - Acyclovir, sulfonamides,
methotrexate, ethylene glycol toxicity,
radiocontrast agents
The presence of uric acid crystals may represent
ATN associated with uric acid nephropathy, while
calcium oxalate crystals may be present in ARF due
to ethylene glycol poisoning.
32. Urine chemical indices
To help with the differentiation of prerenal
azotemia, analysis of urine may provide important
clues. If possible, collect urine prior to any
administration of diuretics.
Urine indices that suggest prerenal ARF include
the following:
Urine specific gravity >1.018
Urine osmolality (mOsm/kg H2O) >500
Urine sodium (mEq/L) <15-20
Plasma BUN/creatinine ratio >20
Urine/plasma creatinine ratio >40
33. Urine indices that suggest ATN include the
following:
Urine specific gravity <1.012
Urine osmolality (mOsm/kg H2O) <500
Urine sodium (mEq/L) >40
Plasma BUN/creatinine ratio <10-15
Urine/plasma creatinine ratio <20
34. FeNa: useful in the presence of oliguria to diff.
between Pre and Intrinsic ARF
FeNa = (urine Na/plasma Na)/(urine
creatinine/plasma creatinine)
FeNa <1 % = prerenal ARF
FeNa >1% = ATN
Advantages of FeNa compared to other indices
Physiologic measure of sodium reabsorption
FeNa increased before oliguric phase is established
and predictive of incipient ARF
36. In the presence of liver disease, FeNa can be < 1% in the
presence of ATN. On the other hand, because
administration of diuretics may cause the FeNa to be >
1%, these findings cannot be used as the sole indicators
in ARF.
In patients who are receiving diuretics, a fractional
excretion of urea (FeUrea) can be obtained because urea
transport is not affected by diuretics. The formula for
calculating the FeUrea is as follows:
FeUrea = (Uurea/Purea) / (UCr/PCr) X 100
38. Pre- renal
Pre- renal
azotemia
azotemia
Intrinsic Acute Renal Failure
Intrinsic Acute Renal Failure Post renal
Post renal
azotemia
azotemia
ATN (oliguric
ATN (oliguric
or polyuric)
or polyuric)
AGN
AGN AIN
AIN
aetiology
aetiology Renal
Renal
hypoperfus
hypoperfus
ion
ion
Ischemia
Ischemia
Nephrotoxins
Nephrotoxins
Post strept
Post strept
Collagen
Collagen
vascular dz
vascular dz
Allergic rxn
Allergic rxn
Drug rxn
Drug rxn
Obstruction
Obstruction
BUN:Cr
BUN:Cr >20:1
>20:1 <20:1
<20:1 >20:1
>20:1 <20:1
<20:1 >20:1
>20:1
Urine Na
Urine Na <20
<20 >20
>20 <20
<20 Variable
Variable Variable
Variable
FeNa
FeNa <1
<1 >1
>1 <1
<1 <1;>1
<1;>1 Variable
Variable
Urine
Urine
osmolality
osmolality
mOsm/L
mOsm/L
>500
>500 250 – 300
250 – 300 Variable
Variable Variable
Variable <400
<400
Urine
Urine
microscop
microscop
y
y
Hyaline
Hyaline
casts
casts
Granular casts
Granular casts
Renal Tubular
Renal Tubular
casts
casts
Dysmorphic
Dysmorphic
RBC
RBC
RBC casts
RBC casts
WBC, WBC
WBC, WBC
casts ±
casts ±
eosinophils
eosinophils
N or RBCs,
N or RBCs,
WBCs, or
WBCs, or
crystals
crystals
Differences btw the various types of ARF
39. BLOOD INVESTIGATIONS
Blood urea nitrogen and serum creatinine
Although increased levels of serum urea and
creatinine are the hallmarks of renal failure, the
rates of BUN and creatinine increases are also very
important.
Serum urea test findings showing an increase that is
disproportionately larger than that of creatinine
suggest prerenal ischemia.
40. The ratio of serum urea to creatinine also is an
important finding because the ratio is > 20:1 in pre-
renal ARF, and < 20:1 in intrinsic ARF.
Other conditions causing a serum urea-to-creatinine
ratio of greater than 20:1 are increased enteral or
parenteral protein load, corticosteroid therapy, and
a hypercatabolic state
41. Serum electrolytes:
may show : hyperkalaemia, metabolic acidosis,
hypocalcaemia, hyperphosphataemia
Complete blood cell count and peripheral smear
Leucocytosis may be seen in cases of septicaemia
Anaemia may be evident
Peripheral smear results may show schistocytes in
conditions such as HUS or TTP
42. Rouleaux formation suggests multiple myeloma,
and the workup should be directed toward protein
electrophoresis of serum and urine.
The presence of schistocytes, myoglobin or
hemoglobin, increased serum uric acid level, and
other related findings may help further define
the etiology of ARF.
Findings from serology tests for ANA indicate
intrinsic renal disease due to vasculitis.
43. IMAGING
Renal ultrasonography is useful for evaluating
existing renal disease and obstruction of the urinary
collecting system.
This test is also useful for detecting intrinsic renal
disease, which enhances renal echogenicity;
however, this finding is nonspecific.
Ultrasonography also aids in performing a renal
biopsy.
44. Doppler scans
Doppler scans are useful for detecting
the presence and nature of renal blood
flow.
Useful in the diagnosis of
thromboembolic or renovascular
disease.
Nuclear scans
Radionuclide imaging with a technetium
Tc 99m diethylenetriamine pentaacetic
acid (DTPA), 99m Tc-DTPA iodine I 131
–
hippuran scan can be used to assess
renal blood flow and tubular functions.
45. Aortorenal angiography can be very
helpful in the diagnosis of renal vascular
diseases, including renal artery stenosis,
renal atheroembolic disease,
atherosclerosis with aortorenal
occlusion, and in certain cases of
necrotizing vasculitis (eg, polyarteritis
nodosa).
46. Renal biopsy
A renal biopsy can be very useful in the diagnosis of
intrarenal causes of ARF.
In as many as 40% of cases, renal biopsy results reveal an
unexpected diagnosis.
A renal biopsy is especially useful in rapidly progressive
glomerulonephritis due to crescentic glomerulonephritis
when clinical differentiation between acute
glomerulonephritis and interstitial nephritis becomes
difficult. Acute cellular rejection in a renal transplant can
be definitively diagnosed only by performing a renal
biopsy.
48. Other diagnostic Markers of Acute Renal
Other diagnostic Markers of Acute Renal
Injury
Injury
Increase in Serum creatinine
Increase in Serum creatinine
N-acetly
N-acetly β
β-D glucosamine NAG, (increase)
-D glucosamine NAG, (increase)
β
β2
2 microglobulin (> 500ng/min)
microglobulin (> 500ng/min)
Increase low mol.protein
Increase low mol.protein
Very LMW protein
Very LMW protein
Retinol binding protein
Retinol binding protein
Albumin- microalbuminuria
Albumin- microalbuminuria
49. Management
The aim of mgt of AKI is to keep the pt alive until spontaneous
recovery of renal function occurs, prevent complications and
prevent further insults.
Pt should be managed by a nephrologist
General measures
Good nursing
Strict I/o
Daily weighing
Regular oral toileting
Physiotherapy
50. Lines of treatment in established ARF
Continued treatment of the initiating cause
of ARF
The use of drugs that may alter the course
of ARF.
Adequate nutrition
Renal replacement therapy
Management of specific problems
51. Management of AKI
Treat precipitating event / condition
Conservative Management
RRT
53. Fluid Management
Limit fluid intake to insensible loss (500-1200mls/day)
Replace volume of urine / other documented losses in
the previous 24 hours
Avoid Potassium containing fluids
Diuretics may be useful in pre-renal ARF
54. Maintenance of fluid homeostasis
In pre-renal ARF
Rapid replacement of lost volume in cases of hypovolaemia or
haemorrhage is essential in preventing development of ATN
Use of isotonic saline intravenously restores circulatory volume
In cases of CCF, use of diuretics (frusemide) is important to
reduce LV pressure and encourage renal perfusion
In cases where fluid challenge is done, it is advocated that the
CVP or the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure be monitored to
prevent circulatory overload
55. In intrinsic ARF
Fluid management depends on the phase of ARF
In the oliguric phase (iniation phase) fluid intake is
restricted to previous day’s urinary output + insensible
loss (1500ml). This is to prevent overloading the patient
with fluid, hence preventing development of life
threatening pulmonary edema
56. In the diuretic phase, renal perfusion improves but
tubular cells have not fully recovered their functional
capacity. There is thus gross diuresis amounting to
litres/day
Prompt replacement of fluid ml for ml is important in
this phase. Failure to do this results in mortality from
volume depletion and shock
Continued fluid homeostasis monitoring is continued in
the recovery phase.
58. Emergency Measures
- Manage hyperkalemia
Immediate:
(a) Protect myocardium
10ml of 10% calcium glucomate (can be
repeated) Do ECG
(b) Drive K+ into cells
Insulin 10units + 50ml of 50% glucose
(c) Salbutamol 0.5mg in 100ml of 50% Glucose near 15min.
(d) Later: Deplete body K+ with polystyrene sulphonate
resin 15g p.o x tds with laxatives OR 30g rectally ff by
enema.
(f) Haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis
61. - Manage pulmonary oedema
- Treat infection
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Diet decrease Na, low or normal protein (40/704).
High colorie diet (CH20 100g/day)
- Correct acidosis if +Hco3- is <15mmol/L
- Hyperphosphotamic – Rx with CaCo3 or other po42+
binders.
- Renal replacement therapy
62. Acidosis
Corrected using IV 8.4% Sodium bicarbonate
Amount required is calculated thus:
requirement = HCO3
–
deficit x 0.3 x
weight
Hypocalcaemia
Calcium lactate may be used to correct
hypocalcaemia
It also prevents absorption of phosphate from
the GIT
Dose 150 – 300 mg t.d.s
63. Nutrition in ARF
ARF is a catabolic state:
Hormonal disturbances (including glucocorticoid
excess and insulin resistance)
Metabolic acidosis
The release of proteinases into the circulation
Changes in the metabolism of branched-chain
amino acids
Loss of different nutritional ingredients in dialysis
or haemofiltration
64. Diet and Calorie
High calorie low protein in acute phase
High calorie normal protein in recovery phase
Parenteral hyperalimentation may become necessary in
prolonged cases
65. Newer Treatment modalities
Modulating Vasoconstriction
Calcium channel antagonists
eg Transplant, CyA exposure, Radiocontrast Nephropathy
Dopamine – Not effective from studies
ANP may initiate diuresis in oliguric patients
Endothelin blockade
Nitric oxide modulation
N acetyl cysteine use
66. Newer Treatment modalities
Limiting Inflammation
Inhibition of chemokine production eg α-MSH
Anti Adhesion strategies
Anti ICAM
Anti Integrins
PPAR ligands eg etomoxir
Biocompatible membranes
Cytokine absorbing membranes
68. Haemodialysis
Removes solutes by diffusion across a concentration gradient
Movement of water carrying solutes across the dialysis
membrane is NOT necessary for solute transport
Have 3 types: Low Efficiency, High Efficiency and High Flux
69. Haemofiltration
Removes small solutes and middle molecules by
convection with High Flux dialyzers
Can remove large amounts of fluid
No dialysate is used only sterile replacement fluid
infused after haemofiltration occurs
CAVH / CVVH or Intermittent HF (expensive)
70. Haemodiafiltration
2 types CAVHDF and CVVHDF
Removes solutes by convection with High Flux
dialyzers like CAVH and CVVH
Used in ICU as a CRRT therapy
Dialysate flows continuously in dialysate
compartment to increase solute removal by
diffusion. Convection is major route of solute
removal
71. SLED
Sustained Low Efficiency Daily Dialysis
Hybrid haemodialysis[CRRT and IHD]
Is continuous low-efficiency haemodialysis using low
blood and dialysis flow rates-100-300mls/min
Timing 6- 12 hrs/day
Ideal for ICU patient improves survival
72. Advantages of SLED
Haemodynamic stability
Requires less anticoagulation
Cheaper than the CRRT treatments
Requires less manpower than CRRT
Offers CRRT on a haemodialysis machine
Ideal for ARF improves survival
73. RRT STARTING CRITERIA
Anuria – Oliguria (diuresis 200ml in 12 h)
Severe metabolic acidosis (pH < 7.10)
Hyperazotemia (BUN ≥ 80 mg/100 ml)
Hyperkalemia (K ≥ 6.5 mEq/L)
Clinica signs of uremic toxicity
Severe Dysnatremia (Na+ 15 0 ≥ 160 mEq/L)
Hyperthermia
Anasarcha or severe fluid overload
Multiple Organ Failure including renal dysfunction
SIRS, Sepsis or Septic shock with renal dysfunction
ADQI
75. PD
PD offers safe, effective, low cost and biocompatible dialysis
system for ARF patient.
76. Continuous Peritoneal Dialysis
One fifth small solute clearance and buffer
absorption rates
Equal ultrafiltration rates
Higher rate of protein loss
“Sodium sieving”
Hypernatremia due to differential
water/sodium clearance [Aquaporins].
78. Summary
Data do not support the superiority of any particular mode of RRT in
patients with AKI.
Selection of modality should therefore be based upon local expertise
and availability of staff and equipment.
However, in selected patients other factors may prevail. E.g in patients
with acute brain injury or fulminant hepatic failure, CCRT may be
associated with better preservation of cerebral perfusion.
79. Poor prognostic factors
age > 70
advanced malignancy
Liano score > 85%
Multi-organ failure > 3
Mortality > 83% with 4 or more failed organs
Prognosis
80. Other poor prognostic factors include the following:
Co morbidities
Multi-organ failure (> 3 organ failure is
associated with 100% mortality)
Anuria
Hypotension
Vasopressor support
Number of transfusions
Failure to institute RTT when needed