It kills mothers and babies.
1 in 10 mothers with PrAKI will die. 1 in 3 of their babies will die.
It is 30 times more common where resources are least.
The burden falls hardest on women in low- and middle-income countries where dialysis, creatinine testing and specialist care are least available.
It is being missed.
PrAKI is under-recognised because its early signs overlap with normal pregnancy changes. If one in six women with a PrAKI alert in the UK receives no clinical response, the gap in lower-resource settings is unimaginable.
Surviving is not the end of it.
Women who survive PrAKI face a 22-fold increased risk of heart failure and a 23-fold increased risk of stroke even when kidney function appears to recover.
It is preventable.
83% of maternal and newborn deaths could be averted with quality midwifery care.