KDOQI US Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury  Paul M. Palevsky, MD, Kathleen D. Liu, MD, PhD, Patrick D. Brophy, MD, Lakhmir S. Chawla, MD, Chirag R. Parikh, MD, PhD, Charuhas V. Thakar, MD, Ashita J. Tolwani, MD, Sushrut S. Waikar, MD, Steven D. Weisbord, MD  American Journal of Kidney Diseases  Volume 61, Issue 5, Pages 649-672 (May 2013) DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.02.349 Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Strength of recommendation and level of evidence of the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury recommendations. Level 1 corresponds to a recommendation statement of “we recommend”; Level 2, to a statement of “we suggest”; Not Graded was used to provide guidance based on common sense or when the topic does not allow adequate application of evidence. The quality of supporting evidence is graded from A to D, with letter grades corresponding to high, moderate, low, and very low quality of evidence, respectively. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2013 61, 649-672DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.02.349) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Stage-based management of acute kidney injury (AKI). Shading of boxes indicates priority of action—solid shading (with white lettering) indicates actions that are equally appropriate at all stages whereas graded shading (with black lettering) indicates increasing priority as intensity increases. Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit. Reproduced with permission of KDIGO from the KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for Acute Kidney Injury.1 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2013 61, 649-672DOI: (10.1053/j.ajkd.2013.02.349) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions