Body weight definitions for evaluating a urinary diagnosis of acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis

We hypothesized that the use of actual body weight might lead to more frequent misdiagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI) than when ideal body weight is used in underweight and/or obese patients. We examined which definition of body weight is most effective in establishing a urinary diagnosis of AKI in septic patients.Consecutive patients aged ≥ 20 years admitted to the intensive care unit of a university hospital between June 2011 and December...