The Expanding Burden of Acute Kidney Injury in California: Impact of the Epidemic of Diabetes on Kidney Injury Hospital Admissions.

Reducing the growing burden of acute kidney injury (AKI) is a real challenge. This article explores admissions and emergency visits of patients with AKI in California between 2005 and 2015. Data were drawn from California's Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) hospital dataset.