Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a dangerous condition that affects many people in hospitals, especially those in intensive ...

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 ...

Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...

April 19, 2010 (Orlando, Florida) — Kidney injury and failure are commonly found in critically ill patients with pandemic H1N1 influenza A, according to a Canadian study presented here at the National ...

A Seemingly Innocent Dietary Choice Turned Into A Dangerous Trigger For Acute Kidney Failure, As Medical Investigators ...

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs a variety of important functions. While it's possible to live without organs like the appendix, gallbladder, or spleen, several of our organs are ...

ICU statin therapy was associated with reduced 30-day mortality in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage and acute kidney ...

We are grateful for the collaborative feedback from FDA on the Gemini program, which provides us a clear and expedient path forward for seeking approval of Gemini as a treatment for AKI,” said, James ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...