AKI is a common problem and leads to increased morbidity and mortality. According to information from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), the probability of a recurrent hospitalization in the ...

HRS-AKI diagnostic criteria. HRS-AKI is characterised by a decrease in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate. It is diagnosed in the context of a patient with cirrhosis with ascites who ...

In a recent study published in the Frontiers in Medicine journal, researchers examined the phenotypes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Study: ...

The medical community generally believes that having an acute kidney injury (AKI) makes kidney function worse when people already have chronic kidney disease (CKD). But a new study suggests that may ...

PUERTO RICO—Excessive body fat in trauma patients as quantified using computed tomography (CT) scans may be associated with an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), data suggest. The ...

Pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury. Cirrhosis leads to an elevation in intrahepatic vascular resistance. Splanchnic vasodilation increases the production of vasodilators ...

Meet mild, reversible acute kidney injury (AKI) -- a sudden loss of kidney function that can go away within 24 hours or, if unchecked, can lead to chronic kidney failure, dialysis or transplant! It ...