Acute Kidney Injury News

SAN DIEGO — Renal angina indices may help predict AKI risk in patients who are critically ill and hospitalized in the ICU, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week.

SAN DIEGO — More in-patients with AKI quickly received care based on best practices when a kidney action team sent recommendations to health care providers via electronic health records, according to study data.

SAN DIEGO — Genetic evaluation of patients referred to a U.S. glomerular disease center revealed a genetic diagnosis in 35% of cases, informing prognosis and treatment and allowing for family testing, among other benefits.

SAN DIEGO — Patients who were hospitalized during the omicron variant wave were less likely to develop AKI compared with patients who had previous waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week, here.

I first heard the expression “moonshot” describing the goals of the Advancing American Kidney Health executive order, which was signed in 2019 by then-President Donald J. Trump.

A nonselective extracorporeal blood purifier connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during nonemergent cardiac surgery may help reduce post-surgical AKI, data show.

When counseling women with kidney disease about pregnancy, nephrologists and women’s health providers must emphasize intentionality.

AKI remote patient monitoring after hospital discharge can help manage kidney health complications, data show, but the practice may not lower the risk of hospital return.

AKI may be liker with a higher need for dialysis and higher mortality for hospitalized patients in a study that compared social determinants of health between patient groups.