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Acute kidney injury—global health alert

Nature Reviews Nephrology volume 9, pages 133–135 (2013)Cite this article

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World Kidney Day will be celebrated on March 14 2013, and this year, aims to increase awareness of the global increase in acute kidney injury (AKI). An urgent need exists for a global health strategy to reduce the burden of AKI; efforts focused on preventing AKI should be coupled with early detection, treatment, and follow-up strategies.

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The authors would like to thank the following World Kidney Day Steering Committee members: Miguel Riella (Brazil, co-chair), John Feehally (UK, co-chair), Timur Erk (Turkey), Paul Beerkens (Netherlands), Guillermo Garcia-Garcia (Mexico), William G. Couser (USA), Georgi Abraham (India), Paul Shay (Belgium), Luca Segantini (Belgium), and Sara Martin (Belgium).

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  1. Department of Medicine & Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, 30–32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Philip Kam-Tao Li

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Avenida Doutor Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar 255, Sao Paulo, Sala 711F, SP, Brazil

    Emmanuel A. Burdmann

  3. Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, 92103, CA, USA

    Ravindra L. Mehta

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Li, PT., Burdmann, E., Mehta, R. et al. Acute kidney injury—global health alert. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 133–135 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.20

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