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A new outlook towards kidney injuries [PDF]
Acute and chronic progression of injury to the kidney leads to the failure of the renal system and has become an increasingly important cause of morbidity and mortality.
Abhijeet Satwekar, Mahesh Satwekar
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Reflex anuria: a rare cause of acute kidney injury [PDF]
Background: Acute Kidney Injury results from pre renal, post renal or intrinsic renal causes. Reflex anuria is a very rare cause of renal impairment which happens due to irritation or trauma to one kidney or ureter, or severely painful stimuli to other ...
Gholyaf, Hix, Shearlock, Singh, Suzuki
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Modified RIFLE criteria in critically ill children with acute kidney injury [PDF]
A classification system has been proposed to standardize the definition of acute kidney injury in adults. These criteria of risk, injury, failure, loss, and end-stage renal disease were given the acronym of RIFLE.
Akcan-Arikan, A.+5 more
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Kidney surveillance in the spotlight: contrast-induced acute kidney injury illuminated [PDF]
Acute kidney injury comprises a heterogeneous group of conditions characterized by a sudden decrease in renal function over hours to days. Contrast-induced acute kidney injury (CI-AKI) is caused by radiographic contrast agents used in diagnostic imaging.
Atkinson, Simon J.
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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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Dose of colistin. a work in progress? [PDF]
We thank Rashid and colleagues [1] and Honoré and colleagues [2] for their comments regarding our article on risk factors for acute kidney injury in pa- tients receiving colistin or other nephrotoxic antimi- crobials [3].
Antonelli, M.+3 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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Using meta-analytic priors to incorporate external information for study evaluation [PDF]
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on health, everyday life and economics around the world. An important complication that can arise in connection with a COVID-19 infection is acute kidney injury. A recent observational cohort study of COVID-19 patients treated at multiple sites of a tertiary care center in Berlin, Germany ...
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FGF-23 and PTH levels in patients with acute kidney injury: A cross-sectional case series study [PDF]
BackgroundFibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23), a novel regulator of mineral metabolism, is markedly elevated in chronic kidney disease and has been associated with poor long-term outcomes.
Brady, Sandra+12 more
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Background: Acute kidney injury after pediatric cardiac surgery is a common complication with few established modifiable risk factors. We sought to characterize whether indexed oxygen delivery during cardiopulmonary bypass was associated with ...
Dreher Molly+8 more
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