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Survival and recovery modeling of acute kidney injury in critically ill adults [PDF]

SAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Objectives: Acute kidney injury is common among the critically ill. However, the incidence, medication use, and outcomes of acute kidney injury have been variably described.
Todd N Brothers, Jacob Strock, Traci J LeMasters, Jayne Pawasauskas, Ronald C Reed, Mohammad A Al-Mamun   +5 more
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Acute Kidney Injury [PDF]

BioMed Research International, 2015
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent and serious clinical condition which is associated with poor outcomes, including high mortality rate. Classically, it was considered as an acute condition, potentially reversible with full restitution if patient survives the acute phase of the disease.
Raúl Lombardi, Fernando Liaño, Alejandro Ferreiro, Emmanuel A. Burdmann   +3 more
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Acute kidney injury [PDF]

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2020
Acute renal failure definitions have changed dramatically over the last 5 to 10 years as a result of criteria established through the following consensus statements/organizations: RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of function, End stage renal disease), AKIN (Acute Kidney Injury Network), and KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes).
Carlos V.R. Brown, Aileen Ebadat, Eric Bui   +2 more
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Acute Kidney Injury [PDF]

Annual Review of Medicine, 2016
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a global public health concern associated with high morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Other than dialysis, no therapeutic interventions reliably improve survival, limit injury, or speed recovery. Despite recognized shortcomings of in vivo animal models, the underlying pathophysiology of AKI and its consequence ...
Anna Zuk, Joseph V. Bonventre, Joseph V. Bonventre   +2 more
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Biomarkers in acute kidney injury. [PDF]

Ann Intensive Care
AbstractAcute kidney injury (AKI) is a multifactorial syndrome with a high risk of short- and long-term complications as well as increased health care costs. The traditional biomarkers of AKI, serum creatinine and urine output, have important limitations.
Ostermann M, Legrand M, Meersch M, Srisawat N, Zarbock A, Kellum JA.   +5 more
europepmc   +6 more sources

Acute kidney injury [PDF]

Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2021
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined by a sudden loss of excretory kidney function. AKI is part of a range of conditions summarized as acute kidney diseases and disorders (AKD), in which slow deterioration of kidney function or persistent kidney dysfunction is associated with an irreversible loss of kidney cells and nephrons, which can lead to chronic ...
John A. Kellum, Paola Romagnani, Gloria Ashuntantang, Claudio Ronco, Alexander Zarbock, Hans-Joachim Anders   +5 more
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Impact of providing patient information leaflets prior to hospital discharge to patients with acute kidney injury: a quality improvement project

BMJ Open Quality, 2021
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common health issue. It is a sudden episode of kidney failure that is almost entirely associated with episodes of acute illness.
Becky Bonfield
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Comparative accuracy of biomarkers for the prediction of hospital-acquired acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Critical Care, 2022
Background Several biomarkers have been proposed to predict the occurrence of acute kidney injury (AKI); however, their efficacy varies between different trials.
Heng-Chih Pan, Shao-Yu Yang, Terry Ting-Yu Chiou, Chih-Chung Shiao, Che-Hsiung Wu, Chun-Te Huang, Tsai-Jung Wang, Jui-Yi Chen, Hung-Wei Liao, Sheng-Yin Chen, Tao-Min Huang, Ya-Fei Yang, Hugo You-Hsien Lin, Ming-Jen Chan, Chiao-Yin Sun, Yih-Ting Chen, Yung-Chang Chen, Vin-Cent Wu   +17 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with acute kidney injury in patients in intensive care units [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to identify the prevalence and factors associated with the development of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Methods: a cross-sectional study, conducted from June 2018 to August 2019. The Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes
Karla Yasmim de Andrade Santana, Ana Paula Aragão Santos, Fernanda Barbosa Magalhães, Jussiely Cunha Oliveira, Fernanda Gomes de Magalhães Soares Pinheiro, Eduesley Santana Santos   +5 more
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Acute Kidney Injury

Journal of Injury and Violence Research, 2014
Acute kidney injury is a frequent and serious complication in hospitalized patients. Mortality rates have not substantially been decreased during the last 20 years. In most patients AKI results from transient renal hypoperfusion or ischemia. The consequences include tubular cell dysfunction/damage, inflammation of the organ, and post-ischemic ...
Patschan, Daniel, Müller, Gerhard Anton
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