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Acute kidney disease and renal recovery : consensus report of the Acute Disease Quality Initiative (ADQI) 16 Workgroup [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Consensus definitions have been reached for both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) and these definitions are now routinely used in research and clinical practice.
A Dewitte   +173 more
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Risk of postoperative acute kidney injury in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery—development and validation of a risk score and effect of acute kidney injury on survival:observational cohort study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Funding: This study was funded by Tenovus Tayside, Chief Scientist Office, Scotland and a travelling fellowship from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Bell, Samira   +6 more
core   +4 more sources

A comparison of the effects of oral vs. intravenous hydration on subclinical acute kidney injury: a protocol of a randomised controlled trial [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Optimal treatment for established renal failure is living donor kidney transplantation. However this pathway exposes healthy individuals to significant reduction in nephron mass via major surgical procedure.
Aitken, Emma   +3 more
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Probable tacrolimus toxicity from tibolone co-administration in a woman: a case report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Introduction: Tibolone is a synthetic steroid, used with increasing frequency to treat symptoms of menopause, including patients with solid-organ transplants who are taking concurrent immune suppression.
Carolyn J Clark   +2 more
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Acute kidney injury in critically ill cancer patients : an update [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Patients with cancer represent a growing group among actual ICU admissions (up to 20 %). Due to their increased susceptibility to infectious and noninfectious complications related to the underlying cancer itself or its treatment, these patients ...
Benoit, Dominique   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Renal replacement therapy for acute kidney injury in pregnancy [PDF]

open access: yesNephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2007
With the liberalization of abortion laws and improved obstetric care in developed countries, acute kidney injury in pregnancy is now an uncommon occurrence [1,2]. Current incidence rates range between 1% and 2.8% [2]. Acute kidney injury requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT) occurs in
Katherine, Barraclough   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

AKI patients have worse long-term outcomes, especially in the immediate post-ICU period [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with worse outcome in the acute phase of acute illness but also in the chronic phase. In a large Danish study in this issue of Critical Care, 1-year mortality was higher in patients with AKI than in patients ...
De Corte, Wouter, Hoste, Eric
core   +2 more sources

Renal Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury [PDF]

open access: yesAdvances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 2013
Although the use of renal replacement therapy (RRT) to support critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) has become routine, many of the fundamental questions regarding optimal management of RRT remain. This review summarizes current evidence regarding the timing of initiation of RRT, the selection of the specific modality of RRT, and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Estimated glomerular filtration rate correlates poorly with four-hour creatinine clearance in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Introduction. RIFLE and AKIN provide a standardised classification of acute kidney injury (AKI), but their categorical rather than continuous nature restricts their use to a research tool. A more accurate real-time description of renal function in AKI is
Kirwan, CJ, Macphee, IA, Philips, BJ
core   +2 more sources

Nephrologist Interventions to Avoid Kidney Replacement Therapy in Acute Kidney Injury [PDF]

open access: yesKidney and Blood Pressure Research, 2021
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Based on the pathophysiology of acute kidney injury (AKI), it is plausible that certain early interventions by the nephrologist could influence its trajectory. In this study, we investigated the impact of 5 early nephrology interventions on starting kidney replacement therapy (KRT), AKI progression, and
Jonathan S. Chávez-Íñiguez   +10 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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