Early Renal Replacement Therapy and the Outcome of Acute Kidney Injury

This research project is a prospective study to compare mortality between early renal replacement therapy (RRT) and late renal replacement therapy by using plasma neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (pNGAL) as a tool in decision- making.

Inclusion Criteria:

• The patient must have given his/her informed and signed consent
• patients with acute kidney injury in the intensive care ward.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient refuses to sign the consent
• The patient is pregnant, parturient, or breastfeeding
• End stage renal disease
• Chronic renal failure
• previous kidney transplant