Nephrology for the Non-Nephrologist: Acute Kidney Injury

Every year, there are more than 13 million cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) worldwide, and this disease burden is on the increase in emerging countries where the annual incidence is estimated to be 11.3 million. In part three of this multipart podcast series, Dr. Benjamin Broome, a nephrologist with Nephrology Associates in Birmingham, Alabama, is joined by Drs. Elizabeth Edwards and Donald DiPette, both of whom are on faculty in the department of internal medicine at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. They will discuss what AKI is, as well as some of its most common causes. In addition, they will offer healthcare providers insight into the diagnosis and management of AKI, including the understanding of the long-term consequences of AKI and appropriate patient follow-up.