Risk factors for acute kidney injury:
Pre-existing risk factors:
- Chronic kidney disease
- Other chronic disease (diabetes, cancer, anaemia, heart/lung/liver disease)
- Advanced age
- Female gender
- Hypovolemia (sepsis, critical illness, circulatory shock, burns, trauma)
- Drugs
- Radiocontrast agent
- Poisonous plants and animals (e.g. snakes, spider)
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