... 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 Clinical Background: Automobile accidents constitute one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Kidney injury related to automobile accidents occurs through several mechanisms. Among the mechanisms are direct traumatic injury, rhabdomyolysis, acute renal failure...

... 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 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 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 Septic acute kidney injury (AKI) is the most common form of AKI seen in critically ill patients in developed countries. Its pathogenesis has been traditionally attributed to ischemia secondary to decreased cardiac output and hypotension, which trigger sustained renal vasoconstriction...

... 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...

... A clinical case of bridge plating of a high-energy Lisfranc fracture-dislocation injury. A 23-year-old otherwise healthy male patient presented at the emergency department in our hospital after a crush injury to his foot by a tractor. He sustained a closed high-energy Lisfranc fracture...

... Abstract Clinical Background: Clinical infections and its most severe forms sepsis and septic shock are commonly associated with changes in kidney function. This acute kidney injury (AKI) is associated with increased risk of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Epidemiology...

... Abstract Clinical Background: Nephrotoxic acute kidney injury or toxin-related acute kidney injury (ToxAKI) is a relevant and relatively common category of kidney damage. Exogenous toxins and venomous animals with epidemiologic variations across the world are some nephrotoxic agents...

... Abstract Obstetric-related acute kidney injury (obstetric AKI) is an important and complex public health problem; its early recognition and proper treatment are key in preventing maternal and fetal adverse outcomes. While the incidence of obstetric AKI has drastically declined in some...

... Abstract Snakebite-related acute kidney injury (AKI) is mainly caused by bites from the Viperidae family which are common snakes worldwide. It is a frequent and potentially fatal clinical complication. Coagulation abnormalities are usually present and are most likely to contribute to AKI...

... Abstract Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a prominent feature of leptospirosis, characterized by tubulo-interstitial nephritis and tubular dysfunction. Nonoliguric hypokalemic form of AKI is a hallmark of leptospiral nephropathy. Arrhythmias are the most important cardiac manifestations...

... Abstract Pathogenic species of Leptospira cause leptospirosis, a global zoonotic disease. The kidney is the main target of Leptospira during both acute and chronic infections, as the conditions in the renal tubules favor Leptospira survival. Acute kidney injury with characteristic...