Phenotype standardization for drug-induced kidney disease. [PDF]
Drug-induced kidney disease is a frequent cause of renal dysfunction; however, there are no standards to identify and characterize the spectrum of these disorders.
Awdishu, Linda +8 more
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Group 2 Innate Lymphoid Cells Are Redundant in Experimental Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. [PDF]
Acute kidney injury (AKI) can be fatal and is a well-defined risk factor for the development of chronic kidney disease. Group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) are innate producers of type-2 cytokines and are critical regulators of homeostasis in ...
Cameron, Guy JM +9 more
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Background. Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of decompensated cirrhosis with increased mortality. Traditional biomarkers such as serum creatinine are not sensitive for detecting injury without functional change.
Linda Awdishu +9 more
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Climate change and the kidney [PDF]
The worldwide increase in temperature has resulted in a marked increase in heat waves (heat extremes) that carries a markedly increased risk for morbidity and mortality.
Butler-Dawson, Jaime +12 more
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The Effects of Baicalin on Myoglobinuric Acute Renal Failure in Rats
Background: Myoglobinuric acute kidney injury is a uremic syndrome that develops due to damage of skeletal muscle. Free radicals and nitric oxide play an important role in the pathogenesis of myoglobinuric acute kidney injury.
Özlem Yalçınkaya Yavuz1 +3 more
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Acute and chronic kidney disease in elderly patients with hip fracture: prevalence, risk factors and outcome with development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury [PDF]
Background Hip fracture is a common injury in older people with a high rate of postoperative morbidity and mortality. This patient group is also at high risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), but little is known of the ...
A Ishani +53 more
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Predictive value of plasma cytokines for acute kidney injury following lung resection surgery: prospective observational study [PDF]
Background and objectives: Patients undergoing lung resection surgery are at risk of developing postoperative acute kidney injury. Determination of cytokine levels allows the detection of an early inflammatory response.
Cristina Monteserín Matesanz +8 more
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Acute Kidney Injury in the Elderly: A review [PDF]
The world?s population is aging with proportionately larger increase at the upper extremes of age. Elderly patients not only exhibit age related renal changes and dysfunction, they also suffer from multiple comorbidities.
Roop Kishen
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Introduction. Postoperative acute kidney injury is associated with a higher mortality, a more complicated hospital course with longer hospital stay. Urinary kidney injury molecule 1 may play an important role as an early predictor of acute kidney injury ...
Nora A. Khreba +6 more
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Relation between red blood cell distribution width and acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis
Objective The objective of the present study is to evaluate the association of red blood cell distribution width with acute kidney injury in sepsis. Methods This is a retrospective study of 849 critically ill patients with sepsis in intensive care ...
Marina Larissa Vettorello Ramires +13 more
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