Some renal patients in Argyll are going without dialysis treatment due to long journeys ... said patients were making round ...

This rapid decline in kidney function can happen within a few hours or days ... determine the underlying cause of AKI and informs providers on what treatment options they can offer you.

“While vasopressors are effective against hypotension, they themselves are associated with AKI,” Dr Saugel’s team pointed out. “Norepinephrine, for example, may reduce renal perfusion by ...

The abstract of the RENAL Replacement Therapy study concludes that in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, treatment with higher-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy did not ...

However, as with other chemotherapies, treatment with methotrexate often causes AKI, occurring in approximately 9% of patients. Methotrexate can also result in hepatotoxicity and neutropenia.

More than 30 different definitions of 'acute kidney injury' (AKI) appear in the published literature. The use of different definitions in different studies makes it virtually impossible to analyze ...