AKIN levels 2 and 3 were also more frequent when sodium bicarbonate was not administered.
Daily AKIN levels were determined by the diuresis rate and the serum creatinine concentration.
At the end of the following (24 h after baseline), 14 (28 %) patients had developed an AKIN 3 level ARF (group AKIN = 3) and 36 patients did not reached this level (AKIN < 3).
The performance of the Nephrocheck™ to predict the absence of evolution toward the AKIN 3 level within the first 24 h was tested for the baseline measurement and for the evolution of the Nephrocheck™ between baseline and H12 (delta H0 H12).
The AKIN staging system definition grades AKI as AKIN stage 1 if SCr increases to ≥ 1.5 × bSCr level or by ≥ 26 μmol/L, as AKIN stage 2 if SCr level doubles and as AKIN stage 3 if SCr triples or if the patient requires dialysis.
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