The KDIGO Controversies Conference on Acute Kidney Injury revisited KDIGO AKI nomenclature and diagnostic criteria; discussed AKI risk stratification and the role of biomarkers in this process; examined the role of resuscitation fluids and nephrotoxins in the critically ill; and addressed timing and modality of kidney replacement therapy in AKI.  The objective of this conference was to identify areas where knowledge has significantly advanced since the publication of the 2012 KDIGO Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) Guideline and to outline existing controversies in diagnosis and management of AKI in order to lay the foundation for a future targeted revision of that guideline.

The KDIGO AKI Conference was co-chaired by John Kellum, University of Pittsburgh, USA and Marlies Ostermann, Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital, UK.

Below is a recorded webinar on AKI in 2019 featuring Marlies Ostermann and John Kellum, co-chairs of the KDIGO Controversies Conference on Acute Kidney Injury. The webinar was developed in collaboration with the International Society of Nephrology, and held on October 8, 2019.