Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the HRS-HARMONY Consortium

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Background & Aims Chronic kidney disease (CKD) frequency is increasing in patients with cirrhosis and these individuals often experience acute kidney injury (AKI). Direct comparisons of outcomes between AKI-only versus AKI on CKD (AoCKD) among patients with cirrhosis are not well described. Methods A total of 2057 patients with cirrhosis and AKI across 11 hospital networks from the HRS-HARMONY consortium were analyzed (70% AKI-only and 30% AoCKD). The primary outcome was unadjusted and adjusted 90-day mortality, with transplant as a competing risk, using Fine and Gray analysis. Results Compared with patients with AKI-only, patients with AoCKD had higher median admission creatinine (2.25 [interquartile range, 1.7–3.2] vs 1.83 [1.38–2.58] mg/dL) and peak creatinine (2.79 [2.12–4] vs 2.42 [1.85–3.50] mg/dL) but better liver function parameters (total bilirubin 1.5 [interquartile range, 0.7–3.1] vs 3.4 [1.5–9.3] mg/dL; and international normalized ratio 1.4 [interquartile range, 1.2–1.8] vs 1.7 [1.39–2.2]; P < .001 for all). Patients with AoCKD were more likely to have metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease cirrhosis (31% vs 17%) and less likely to have alcohol-associated liver disease (26% vs 45%; P < .001 for both). Patients with AKI-only had higher unadjusted mortality (39% vs 30%), rate of intensive care unit admission (52% vs 35%; P < .001 for both), and use of renal-replacement therapy (20% vs 15%; P = .005). After adjusting for age, race, sex, transplant listing status, and Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium score, AoCKD was associated with a lower 90-day mortality compared with AKI-only (subhazard ratio, 0.72; 95% confidence interval, 0.61–0.87). Conclusions In hospitalized patients with AKI and cirrhosis, AoCKD was associated with lower 90-day mortality compared with AKI-only. This may be caused by the impact of worse liver function parameters in the AKI-only group on short-term outcomes. Further study of the complicated interplay between acute and chronic kidney disease in cirrhosis is needed.

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St. Hillien, S. A., Robinson, J. E., Ouyang, T., Patidar, K. R., Belcher, J. M., Cullaro, G., Regner, K. R., Chung, R. T., Ufere, N., Velez, J. C. Q., Neyra, J. A., Asrani, S. K., Wadei, H., Teixeira, J. P., Saly, D. L., Levitsky, J., Orman, E., Sawinski, D., Dageforde, L. A., & Allegretti, A. S. (2024). Acute Kidney Injury in Patients with Cirrhosis and Chronic Kidney Disease: Results from the HRS-HARMONY Consortium. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2024.10.023
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