Acute Kidney Injury
The Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) section is devoted to research and educational activities in the field of acute kidney injury and related issues. Its final goals are the improvement of knowledge of all aspects of pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of AKI in critically ill patients, as well as enhanced education to improve knowledge and outcomes of this syndrome affecting about 30% of patients treated in the ICU. The recently published Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia (Intensive Care Medicine 2014) and the recommendation on Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit (Intensive Care Medicine 2010) are examples of the section’s educational activities.
Mission
The Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) section is devoted to research and educational activities in the field of acute kidney injury and related issues.
The main goals of the AKI section are the improvement of knowledge of all aspects of pathophysiology, prevention and treatment of AKI in critically ill patients, as well as enhanced education to improve knowledge and outcomes of this syndrome affecting about 50% of patients treated in the ICU.
Recent examples of the scientific and educational activities of the section are the consensus papers on Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit: update 2017 (Intensive Care Medicine 2017), and the Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia (Intensive Care Medicine 2014).
All ESICM members interested in this field are very welcome to participate in the activities of our section and join our group. For further information please contact the Chair Thomas Rimmele.
The last AKI Section meeting took place on Monday, 27 October 2025, at the International Congress Centre in Munich.
Meeting Minutes 21 January 2025
Meeting Minutes 19 January 2024
Board
| Position | Firstname | Lastname | City | Country |
| Chair | Thomas | Rimmele | Lyon | France |
| Research Committee Representative | Salvatore Lucio | Cutuli | Rome | Italy |
| Social Media and Digital Content Committee Representative | Ahmet Oguzhan | Kucuk | Trabzon | Turkey |
| Academy Sub-Committee Representative | Marc | Romain | Jérusalem | Israel |
| Academy Sub-Committee NEXT Representative | David | Perez Torres | Valladolid | Spain |
Members
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KELLY
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Clare
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Richard
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