Acute Kidney Injury Risk Assessment and the Nephrology Rapid Response Team

Perioperative risk assessment, prevention, and treatment of acute kidney injury.

In the perioperative period, physicians strive to provide optimal care for their patients by first performing a thorough evaluation of all organ systems. This is most important for elective and nonelective highrisk procedures and for procedures performed on critically ill or medically complex patients. The perioperative period is unique as it is a distinct event in a patient’s health where cert...

Critical care nephrology: it's not just acute kidney injury.

The care of the critically ill with kidney disease represents a growing proportion of patients treated by nephrologists in the hospital. As a result, critical care nephrology, melding together the expertise of nephrologists and intensivists, has emerged as a distinct subdiscipline during the past decade.1–3 Critical care nephrology is a topic at national and international meetings, has a propos...

Outpatient nephrology referral rates after acute kidney injury.

AKI associates with an increased risk for the development and progression of CKD and mortality. Processes of care after an episode of AKI are not well described. Here, we examined the likelihood of nephrology referral among survivors of AKI at risk for subsequent decline in kidney function in a US Department of Veterans Affairs database. We identified 3929 survivors of AKI hospitalized between ...

Frequency of Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury and its Related Risk Factors in Orthopedic Surgery Patients

Background: Patients who undergo major orthopedic surgery are at risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) due to blood loss, electrolyte disorders, infection, and the presence of other co-morbidities. In this study, the frequency and risk factors of AKI were investigated. Objective & Methods: This study is a cross-sectional-analytical study with a sample size of 180 people. The studied population wer...

NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury