Focus on acute kidney injury

ISSUE IN FOCUS – Acute kidney injury in snake bites

Case discussion: A 28 year old farmer presented to the Emergency Department of a hospital with history of snakebite the previous day while watering his fields. Following the bite, he had developed local swelling in the left foot and continuous bleeding from the bite site. He also developed drooping of his eyelids and brown urine. He was taken to a local hospital and was managed with 26 vials of...

Different Biomarkers of Acute kidney Injury in Cancer Patients

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) occurs if the kidneys suddenly lose their ability to remove waste products. When the kidneys lose their ability to filter, dangerous levels of waste products can accumulate, which can upset the chemical composition of the blood and urine. Chemotherapy is one of the methods used to treat or temporarily reduce cancer by using certain medications. The main task of this tr...

NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury; the focus of world kidney day in 2013

*Corresponding author: Prof. Hamid Nasri, Department of Nephrology, Division of Nephropathology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: [email protected] Again, the World Kidney Day in March 14 reached. In this year World Kidney Day (WKD) will focus on acute kidney injury (AKI) as a global health alert. Indeed this is the 8th WKD, will be celebrated (1). This day ...

Acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery: focus on modifiable risk factors.

BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery is a major health issue. Lacking effective therapies, risk factor modification may offer a means of preventing this complication. The objective of the present study was to identify and determine the prognostic importance of such risk factors. METHODS AND RESULTS Data from a multicenter cohort of 3500 adult patients who underwent cardi...