Myocardial stunning occurs during intermittent haemodialysis for acute kidney injury

NGAL, the New Marker for Acute Kidney Injury

Acute Kidney Injury, Myocardial Infarction and Death Following Brake Fluid Poisoning; A Case Report

Background: Ethylene glycol is a toxic alcohol which is used in brake fluid, antifreeze, coolants, preservatives and chemical solvents. Ethylene glycol poisoning usually results in depression of the central nervous system, renal insufficiency and cardiopulmonary compromise, while laboratory findings include metabolic acidosis, increased anion gap, increased osmolar gap and calcium oxalate cryst...

Haemodialysis treatment for end stage chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury in Africa.

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is the progressive loss of kidney function occurring over months to years. CKD is common in Africa but there are few data on prevalence. Several studies from Africa report a prevalence of CKD of about 10%. Once the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) falls below 10ml/minutes/1.73m the accumulation of uraemic toxins (measured as serum urea and creatinine), hydrogen ions...

Epithelial transport during septic acute kidney injury.

A goal for scientists studying septic acute kidney injury (AKI) should be to formulate a conceptual model of disease that is able to coherently reconcile the molecular and inflammatory consequences of sepsis with impaired epithelial tubular function, diminished glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and ultimately kidney failure. Recent evidence has shed light on how sepsis modulates the tubular regu...

Acute pancreatitis during haemodialysis

mechanism behind this apparent thalidomide-induced hyperkalaemia remains unclear. Therefore, the authors recommend caution when thalidomide is used in patients with moderate to severe renal failure (serum creatinine >300mmol/l) or in patients on dialysis. To go a step further, we think that thalidomide should in all cases be started at a dosage that should not exceed 100mg/day. It is also impor...