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Acute Kidney Injury

Post-Angiography AKI May Deter Heart Drug Use

April 28, 2012

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND—Older patients who have coronary angiography and then experience acute kidney injury (AKI) are significantly less likely to receive cardiovascular medications than their counterparts who do not develop AKI, a new study shows.
 

Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Arthroplasty May Promote Acute Kidney Injury

March 19, 2012

SAN FRANCISCO—New data document a strong association between the use of flucloxacillin with single-dose gentamicin in patients undergoing joint replacement surgery and the development of acute kidney injury (AKI).
 

PSMs Predict PCa Recurrence in Some Men

February 29, 2012

Positive surgical margins (PSMs) are a risk factor for biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer (PCa) in patients who have undergone radical prostatectomy for intermediate-risk disease.
 

Researchers: Monitor Pediatric AKI Patients for CKD

February 24, 2012

Pediatric patients admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) for acute kidney injury (AKI) should be monitored regularly for long-term kidney damage, researchers concluded.
 

Severe Vitamin D Deficiency Raises Death Risk in Hemodialysis Patients

February 02, 2012

Hemodialysis (HD) patients with severe vitamin D deficiency are more than twice as likely to die from any cause compared with those who have sufficient levels of the vitamin, according to a German study.
 

Immediate Post-Operative Creatinine Values Improve AKI Prediction

November 01, 2011

Measuring serum creatinine within six hours after cardiac surgery may improve clinicians' ability to predict development of acute kidney injury (AKI), researchers found.
 

Medication Cleared for Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

September 26, 2011

The FDA has approved eculizumab for the treatment of atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) in both children and adults, a potentially life-threatening condition.
 

Long-Term Acetaminophen Use May Lower Prostate Cancer Risk

August 08, 2011

Long-term use of acetaminophen is associated with a decreased risk of prostate cancer (PCa), according to a study.
 

Predictors of AKI in Septic Shock Patients Identified

July 29, 2011

Delayed initiation of adequate antibiotic treatment and transfusion of blood products are among the risk factors associated with development of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with septic shock, a study showed.
 

AKI Biomarker Could Save Money

July 19, 2011

Urine NGAL decreases the number of tests and shortens the time to treatment, investigators reported.
 

Diabetes Drug Works Despite Renal Damage

June 30, 2011

SAN DIEGO—Linagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitor, appears to be a good treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes and severe renal impairment, researchers announced at the 71st Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association.
 

Acute Kidney Injury Criteria Predict Survival of Cirrhosis Patients

April 25, 2011

BERLIN—The Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) criteria for acute renal failure (ARF) better predicted survival over a period of 90 days in a study of hospitalized patients with cirrhosis when compared with current criteria, according to a study presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.
 

Major Database May Underestimate AKI Prevalence

April 18, 2011

SAN DIEGO—A large surgical database may be missing many cases of acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a recent study.
 

Views Conflict on Benefits of Early RRT in AKI Patients

April 18, 2011

SAN DIEGO—Data conflict on whether early renal replacement therapy (RRT) results in better outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI).
 

Gadolinium-Based Agents Safe for MRI Use

April 18, 2011

SAN DIEGO—Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using gadolinium-based contrast agents is safe in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at high risk for kidney injury, according to the results of a small retrospective study presented in poster format at the Society for Critical Care Medicine 2011 annual meeting.
 

Statin Use Before Surgery May Prevent Acute Kidney Injury

April 18, 2011

Taking a statin before undergoing major elective surgery may reduce potentially serious kidney complications, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (2011;22:939-946).
 

Strategies for Preventing Acute Kidney Injury

March 14, 2011

SAN DIEGO—The incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) is high and climbing, according to a presenter at the Society for Critical Care Medicine 2011 annual meeting.
 

Cytokine Found to Predict AKI Patient Outcomes

February 11, 2011

Osteopontin (OPN), a cytokine, may be a useful biomarker for predicting outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), researchers reported.
 

Lower-Dose CRRT May Cut AKI Mortality

February 07, 2011

SAN DIEGO—Lower-dose continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) may boost their likelihood of survival, according to a new study.
 

HIGRT May Help Manage Metastatic RCC

January 24, 2011

Hypofractionated image-guided radiation could delay use of systemic therapy, which can be quite toxic.
 

AKI Clinical Trials

Effect of Red Wine, White Wine and Beer on Contrast-Medium Induced Acute Kidney Injury (RenPro-II-WINE)

Standard Versus Accelerated Initiation of Dialysis in Acute Kidney Injury (STARRT-AKI)

Evaluating Novel Biomarkers in Acute Kidney Injury

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