Monday November 24, 2008
RIFLE Criteria for Acute Renal Dysfunction


Risk
Increased creatinine x 1.5 or GFR decrease more than 25%
UO less than 0.5ml/kg/h x 6 hr

Injury
Increased creatinine x2 or GFR decrease more than 50%
UO less than 0.5ml/kg/h x 12 hr

Failure
Increase creatinine x3 or GFR decrease more than 75%
UO less than 0.3ml/kg/h x 24 hr or Anuria x 12 hrs

Loss
Persistent ARF = complete loss of kidney function more than 4 weeks

ESKD
End Stage Kidney Disease (> 3 months)


GFR; Glomerular Filtration Rate
ARF; Acute Renal Failure
ESKD; End Stage Kidney Disease

Above pearl is contributed by:

Tony Halat, MD, Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Methodist Hospital Weill Medical College, Cornell University