Hospital Acute Kidney Injury Strongly Linked to Long-Term Death, Dialysis, and CKD: Meta-Analysis of Matched-Control Studies

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– Survivors of in-hospital acute kidney injury (AKI) have an increased long-term risk of death (RR 1.42), dialysis (RR 2.48), and chronic kidney disease (CKD; RR 1.71) compared with matched hospitalized controls.

– Meta-analysis of 14 matched-control studies including 1,058,109 patients, median follow-up ~3 years.

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