Acute Kidney Injury News

Investigators analyzing muscle mass and outcomes of patients with AKI who received kidney replacement therapy identified an association between lower lean tissue index and body cell mass index before KRT and short-term prognosis.

Incidence of COVID-19-associated acute kidney injury declined between March and November 2020, according to a report that examined temporal trends of the condition at New York City hospitals throughout the pandemic.

Risk of acute kidney injury was greater in patients with preexisting chronic kidney disease than those without after two-stage exchange arthroplasty with a high-dose antibiotic-loaded bone cement spacer, according to results.

Among Black adults, those with sickle cell trait or disease had a higher likelihood of developing AKI compared with those who had a normal hemoglobin phenotype, according to a study.

Pediatric patients with COVID-19 who also developed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children had a higher risk for AKI and subsequent adverse outcomes, study results showed.

Similar to how emergency departments have teams ready to treat patients after cardiac arrest or stroke, a speaker argued it is equally necessary to have interventional teams for patients who develop rapid kidney failure.

For hospitalized patients who developed AKI, those who also had COVID-19 experienced faster rates of kidney function decline following discharge, regardless of baseline comorbidities or AKI severity.

Measuring proteinuria within 48 hours of hospital admission for COVID-19 may help predict adverse outcomes, as the condition occurred frequently and was strongly associated with AKI, ICU admission and mortality.

A comparison of patients hospitalized with either severe acute respiratory syndrome or COVID-19 showed the former was associated with a higher prevalence of AKI, as well as major adverse clinical outcomes.

Patients who developed AKI during hospitalization with hematologic malignancy experienced a significantly increased risk for kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease in the following year.