A urine protein-creatinine ratio of 1 g/g or higher is associated with increased risks for requiring kidney replacement therapy, ICU admission, and death, a study found.
Rates of acute kidney injury were found to be higher in patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis undergoing TAVI who had more advanced extravalvular cardiac damage.
Prompt diagnosis of AKI and the ability to rule out immune checkpoint inhibitors as the cause may allow patients to continue with cancer immunotherapy.
In a study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 complicated by acute kidney injury requiring kidney replacement therapy, almost two-thirds of discharged patients had full recovery of kidney function.
BNP or NT-proBNP may represent effective markers for the prediction of contrast-induced acute kidney injury in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary angiography.
In a study of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, those with baseline creatinine levels of 110 µmol/L or higher and who received higher doses of nicardipine, a hypertensive drug, had an increased risk for acute kidney injury.
