The Southern Acute Kidney Injury Network is a group of physicians and scientists interested in improving the care of patients with AKI. The group is made up of Nephrologists, Critical Care Physicians and Scientists. AKI is currently defined as an increase in serum creatinine of 0.3 mg/dl or greater over a period of 48 hours or less. Even small amounts of kidney injury are associated with a large increase in adverse outcomes such as prolonged ICU stay, prolonged hospital stay and death. Patients with AKI have a 50% mortality rate. Currently, no accurate diagnostic or prognostic markers exist for AKI and no treatments have been shown to decrease the need for dialysis or decrease mortality in AKI. One of the major goals of SAKInet is to identify biomarkers that can be used to diagnose AKI and predict prognosis in patients with existing AKI.

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