Context Severe acute kidney injury among hospitalized patients often necessitates initiation
of short-term dialysis. Little is known about the long-term outcome of those who survive to
hospital discharge. Objective To assess the risk of chronic dialysis and all-cause mortality in
individuals who experience an episode of acute kidney injury requiring dialysis. Design,
Setting, and Participants We conducted a population-based cohort study of all adult patients
in Ontario, Canada, with acute kidney injury who required in-hospital dialysis and survived …