Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Staging For Acute Kidney Injury Clinical Classification

**Semantic type:** Intellectual Product

**Definition:** Standardized clinical practice guidelines for acute kidney injury staging that were developed by the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) in 2012. The three-stage classification, which builds off the 2004 Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease (RIFLE) and 2007 Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) classifications, is based on changes in serum creatinine and urine output.

**Synonyms:** - KDIGO AKI - KDIGO-AKI - KDIGO1