... Abstract Acute kidney injury (AKI) has been shown to be associated with progression to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Multiple studies have shown that subsets of AKI survivors are at high risk for progression to advanced stage CKD and death. Risk factors associated with AKI survivors progressing...

... Abstract Tackling the global burden of acute malnutrition in children remains a major public health challenge and is essential for achieving sustainable development. Despite having effective treatment options, most wasted children go untreated; treatment coverage for severe acute malnutrition...

... Abstract Approximately 70% of community-acquired cases of acute kidney injury are attributed to pre-renal causes. In most of these cases, the underlying kidney function may be normal, but decreased renal perfusion associated with low intravascular volume or decreased arterial pressure can...

... Abstract Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is the most common type of acute kidney injury (AKI) related to parenchymal damage (90% of cases). It may be due to a direct kidney injury, such as sepsis, drugs, toxins, contrast media, hemoglobinuria and myoglobinuria, or it may be the consequence...

... Abstract Acute cortical necrosis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) are 2 clinical scenarios of parenchymal acute kidney injury (AKI) related to renal microvascular injury. Acute cortical necrosis is a rare condition related to an ischemic necrosis of renal cortex. Necrotic lesions can be due...

... Abstract The incidence of acute kidney injury related to urinary tract obstruction is low (1-10%). It occurs in bilateral renal or lower urinary tract obstruction or in ureter obstruction in patients with a single functioning kidney or with pre-existing chronic kidney disease. The etiology...

... Abstract Recent controlled trials, epidemiological analyses and basic research studies offer a comprehensive view of the short and long-term clinical repercussion of de novo acute kidney injury or AKI. While most post-AKI patients recover their baseline renal function, a significant number...

... Abstract Detection of acute kidney injury is undergoing a dynamic revolution of biomarker technology allowing greater, earlier, and more accurate determination of diagnosis, prognosis, and with powerful implication for management. Biomarkers can be broadly considered as any measurable biologic...

... Abstract Acute kidney injury (AKI) commonly occurs in hospitalized patients and is independently and strongly associates with morbidity and mortality. The clinical benefits of a timely and definitive diagnosis of AKI have not been fully realized due to limitations imposed by the use of serum...

... Abstract Pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiorenal syndromes (CRS) types 1-5 are still sparsely characterized. In an attempt to address this issue, a consensus conference on CRS was held in Venice, Italy, in November 2012 under the auspices of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI...

... Abstract Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are among the most frequent etiologies for admission to the intensive care unit. These patients are at a high risk of malnutrition due to hypercatabolism caused by inflammation, drugs, and de-conditioning. Nutrition...

... Abstract Acute kidney injury (AKI), acute lung injury (ALI) and sepsis are all commonly encountered in critically ill patients. Although considered as separate conditions, largely for therapeutic purposes, a common inflammatory response is often implicated in their pathophysiologies...

... Abstract There are now powerful compensatory therapies to counteract kidney deficiency andthe prognosis of patients with acute renal failure is mainly related to the severity of the initialdisease. Renal failure is accompanied by an increase in both severity and duration of thecatabolic phase...

... Abstract Fortunately with improvements in initial medical resuscitation, such as the avoidanceof nephrotoxins, the incidence of acute kidney injury requiring renal support in patients withacute traumatic brain injury remains low. However the incidence of cerebral hemorrhage inpatients...