Acute Kidney Injury in Obstetric Patients.

Obstetric-related acute kidney injury (obstetric AKI) is an important and complex public health problem; its early recognition and proper treatment are key in preventing maternal and fetal adverse outcomes. While the incidence of obstetric AKI has drastically declined in some developing countries due to reduction of sepsis-related causes, the opposite has been observed in other developed nations in the last decade due to advanced maternal age and the presence of comorbidities. The diagnosis of obstetric AKI has been made difficult by the physiologic decrease in serum creatinine of pregnancy as well as the absence of a uniform definition for AKI in this population.