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Fluid overload and acute kidney injury

  

  1. Department of Critical Care Medcine, West China Hospital of
    Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Online:2019-07-20 Published:2019-08-24
  • Contact: Corresponding author: Yin Wanhong, Email: doctorwhy@126.com

Abstract: The kidney is an important  “hemodynamic organ”  that is highly susceptible to hemodynamic disorders as well as various diseases. And  hemodynamic disorders  can evoke or aggravate acute kidney injury (AKI),  among which fluid overload is one of the most common and key factors. It can be  caused by AKI, or be the  root of the occurrence and  deterioration of AKI. Fluid overload may contribute to the occurrence or further progression of AKI through a variety of mechanisms,  and  lead to multiple organ disorders. Fluid overload  prevention and control should be advocated throughout the entire disease course.

Key words: acute kidney injury, hemodynamics; , fluid management, fluid balance