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 ...

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AKI can be classified as prerenal, intrinsic, or postrenal, with KDIGO criteria guiding diagnosis. New biomarkers like NGAL and cystatin C allow earlier and more precise detection of AKI. Preventing ...

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 ...

In the United States, chronic kidney disease affects an estimated 37 million adults, with many more at risk of acute kidney ...

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, ...

Overall, the reviewers wrote, most IBD therapies “appear safe and effective when used in chronic kidney disease, including on renal replacement therapy, particularly biologic therapies.” However, they ...

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