Acute Kidney Injury or AKI is a sudden fall in kidney function as measured by blood tests and urine output, AKI is identified in the same way. Although named Acute Kidney Injury it is only very rare that the kidneys have been physically injured.
http://www.christie.nhs.uk/media/4005/1150.pdf
shouldn't there be a definite article before "kidney function as measured..."?
No, the original is correct.
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