... kidney injury Renal failure Critical care Intensive care Shock Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Risk factors Predictors Sensitivity and specificity Whether their condition is the result of severe illness, injury, or recent surgery, patients who are critically ill are highly...

... are scarce. The aim of our study was to analyze the demographic characteristics, clinicopathological correlations, and risk factors associated with renal failure in patients with LN at the time of renal biopsy. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional observational study based on data from the Spanish...

... in patients with AKI. Renal failure Renal replacement therapy Dialysis Logistic regression model Acute kidney injury Fig. 1 Screening, follow-up, assignment, updating data and selection for statistical analysis of AKI patients. * Screening on ICU/IMC admission. ** Anamnestic serum creatinine...

... was achieved in 6 patients and PR in 13 patients (overall renal response, 82.6%). Three patients suffered a relapse of nephrotic proteinuria 27–50 months after treatment. Univariate analysis suggested that the degree of renal failure (MDRD estimated glomerular filtration rate <45/ml/min/1.73 m 2...