Hsu et al. report a progressive increase in the incidence of dialysis-requiring acute kidney injury (AKI) and associated deaths in the USA between 2000 and 2009. As with chronic kidney disease, a concerted campaign to increase awareness and alertness of AKI is urgently required. We must prevent “kidney attack”.
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Ronco, C., Chawla, L. Kidney attack must be prevented. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 198–199 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.19
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