Table 1: KDIGO, RIFLE, and AKIN AKI diagnostic criteria.

Serum creatinine criteria Urine output
AKI stage KDIGO RIFLE AKIN
1 (R) Increase ≥ 0.3 mg/dl within 48 h or ≥
1.5- to 2-fold from baseline
Increase × 1.5 baseline or GFR decrease > 25% Increase 1.5-1.9 times from baseline or ≥
0.3 mg/dl increase within 48 h
< 0.5 ml/kg/h for 6-12 h
2 (I) 2.0-2.9 times from baseline Increase × 2 from baseline or GFR
decreased > 50%
Increase > 2- to 3-fold from baseline < 0.5 ml/kg/h for 12 h
3 (F) 3.0 times from baseline or increase in serum
creatinine to ≥ 4.0 mg/dl or initiation of
renal replacement therapy or, in patients < 18 years,
decrease in eGFR to < 35 ml/min per 1.73 m2
Increase × 3 from baseline, or serum creatinine > 4 mg/dl)
with an acute rise > 0.5 mg/dl or GFR decreased > 75%
Increased > 300% (> 3-fold) from baseline, or ≥
4.0 mg/dl with an acute increase of ≥ 0.5 mg/dl or
on renal replacement therapy
< 0.3 ml/kg/h for 24 h or anuria for 12 h

R: Risk; I: Injury; F: Failure; KDIGO: Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes; RIFLE: The Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss, End-Stage; AKIN: Acute Kidney Injury Network.