Acute kidney injury (AKI) involves the sudden loss of kidney function, resulting from infection, trauma, hypovolaemic shock, sepsis, treatment side effects, and other causes. AKI can be lethal or lead ...

Pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury. Cirrhosis leads to an elevation in intrahepatic vascular resistance. Splanchnic vasodilation increases the production of vasodilators ...

The search for a better biomarker than creatine for acute kidney injury (AKI) has been “long and elusive.” However, could researchers be on the right path now? “The thinking is moving away from trying ...

Understanding and categorizing the various types of tubulointerstitial responses in acute kidney injury (AKI) may lead to the development of new treatments for the condition, according to Yale School ...

A UC San Francisco-led study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has found that mild-to-moderate acute kidney injury (AKI) did not predict worsening of kidney function after taking into ...

Serious damage to short-term kidney function-known as acute kidney injury, or AKI-can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ...

SAN FRANCISCO — It was during some of the darkest days of the pandemic — November 2020 — when Melissa Lawson, then 36, was helicoptered from an emergency room in Santa Rosa, Calif., to a hospital here ...

A substantial proportion of patients admitted to hospitals in Italy experienced acute kidney injury (AKI), which was associated with worsened in-hospital mortality outcomes, longer hospital stays, and ...

Kidney injury triggers brain changes: new study shows how acute kidney injury accelerates the onset of dementia, doubling the risk across various dementia types. Study: Acute Kidney Injury and Its ...

A possible link may exist between tenofovir and interstitial nephritis. Individuals aged 65 and older are more likely than younger people to develop AIN as a result of medication use. Drug-induced ...

Presentation to Include Additional Positive Data from the Recently Completed PRIME Clinical Study - SAN DIEGO, CA / ...