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AKIN Classification for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

NephrologyAcute kidney injuryHospital medicineBeta toolThis tool is in beta. It has undergone internal validation but still requires additional testing. Always confirm the data entered and the results obtained before clinical use. It should not be used as the sole basis for clinical decisions.
Use the same unit for baseline and current creatinine when that pair is entered.
Enter baseline creatinine only together with current creatinine and the 48-hour confirmation field.
Provide a current creatinine value greater than 0 in the same unit as baseline.
Creatinine change occurred within 48 hoursCreatinine-based AKIN staging requires confirmation that the change occurred within 48 hours.
Enter urine output already normalized to mL/kg/h.
mL/kg/h
Required when a urine output rate is entered. AKIN thresholds use durations of >6 h, >12 h, and >=24 h.
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Anuria for 12 hours or longer contributes AKIN stage 3.
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Renal replacement therapy startedRenal replacement therapy contributes AKIN stage 3.

Clinical noticeEducational support for historical acute kidney injury classification only. Use current guideline-based assessment and full clinical context.

Context and use

Final AKIN stage = max(creatinine stage, urine-output stage, RRT stage).

Creatinine: stage 3 if ratio >3.0 or current creatinine >=4.0 mg/dL with rise >=0.5 mg/dL (>=354 umol/L with rise >=44); stage 2 if ratio >2.0; stage 1 if rise >=0.3 mg/dL (26.4 umol/L) or ratio >=1.5.

Urine output: stage 3 if anuria >=12 h or <0.3 mL/kg/h for >=24 h; stage 2 if <0.5 mL/kg/h for >12 h; stage 1 if <0.5 mL/kg/h for >6 h.

Certifications and Compliance

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