Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease

David S. Baldwin, MD

“…Sequelae of AKI in GN, such as abnormal urinary protein excretion, the presence of hematuria, hypertension, and diminution in GFR, were defined by the NYU group. 10 The observations made in children after episodes of poststreptococcal GN decades ago are consistent with current concepts of the interdigitation of AKI and CKD 13,14 and have been confirmed over the ensuing years. 15 The finding that GN might progress, silently, over many years, led Baldwin to examine the possible mechanisms for progression of glomerular disease.…”