Acute Kidney Injury 👉 AKI Phases, Symptoms & Recovery

Let's walk through the phases of acute kidney injury, or AKI for short. So the first phase is the oliguric phase, and this can last 8 to 15 days. This you'll see urine output is less than 400 milliliters a day. It increased BUN and creatinine and a decreased glomerular filtration rate, or gfr. See fluid overload. Perhaps kuzmal respirations and mental status changes are possible. Then you have the diuretic phase, which can last one to three weeks. This is when you have Diuresis, which is 4 to 5 liters a day. An increase in the GFR, decrease in bun and creatinine, dehydration, decreased blood pressure and increased heart rate. And then the recovery phase can last one to two years. For aki, this is where urine output and mental status are returning back to normal. So you're going to want to monitor for lab results and progress. Snag all these Med Surg Bosch cards inside the nursing SOS shop.