Acute Kidney Injury

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.

June 2026 AKI Newsletter

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 3 July 2024

Meeting Minutes 19 January 2024

Meeting Minutes June 2021

Meeting Minutes April 2021

Meeting Minutes November 2020

Summary of the RRT Masterclass October 2019

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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