The Telegraph reported in dramatic fashion last month that 'Thousands die of thirst and poor care in NHS' as a result of the 'silent killer' acute kidney injury (AKI), causing up to 40000 patient deaths annually (Flanagan and Donnelly, 2014). Poor care from doctors and nurses was identified as the leading cause of this killer. In a separate account on the same report, it was stated that 1000 hospital patients in England die each month from avoidable kidney problems and AKI causes between 15000 and 40000 deaths annually (The Press Association, 2014). What we can glean from these narratives is that there is a substantial problem to be tackled.
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机译：上个月，《电讯报》以戏剧性的方式报道说，“沉默的杀手”急性肾损伤（AKI）导致“成千上万人死于NHS的口渴和护理不善”（Flanagan and Donnelly，2014） 。医生和护士的不佳护理被认为是造成这一杀手的主要原因。在同一份报告的另一份报告中，据称英格兰每月有1000名住院患者死于可避免的肾脏问题，而AKI每年导致15000至40000例死亡（The Press Association，2014）。从这些叙述中我们可以发现，有一个实质性的问题需要解决。
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