Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

Acute kidney injury, or AKI, is a dangerous condition that affects many people in hospitals, especially those in intensive care or recovering from serious medical events like heart surgery ...

Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...

A Seemingly Innocent Dietary Choice Turned Into A Dangerous Trigger For Acute Kidney Failure, As Medical Investigators ...

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led ...

The human body has 78 organs and each one performs a variety of important functions. While it's possible to live without organs like the appendix, gallbladder, or spleen, several of our organs are ...

ICU statin therapy was associated with reduced 30-day mortality in patients with intracerebral haemorrhage and acute kidney ...

We are grateful for the collaborative feedback from FDA on the Gemini program, which provides us a clear and expedient path forward for seeking approval of Gemini as a treatment for AKI,” said, James ...

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...