INCIDENCE AND POTENTIAL FOR RECOVERY
It’s difficult to gauge the incidence of acute kidney injury
in various patient populations because defining
criteria differ among studies. Published incidence rates
range from 22% to 57% in U.S. ICUs; from 34% to
36% in British, German, and Chinese ICUs; are lower
than 10% among noncardiac surgical patients in a
Portuguese postanesthesia care unit (PACU); and are 5% or lower among hospitalized patients in Israel
(Table 34-11).4-11