Acute Kidney Injury News

Among adults with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, direct oral anticoagulant initiation was associated with lower risk for renal failure or progression of chronic kidney disease compared with vitamin K antagonist initiation, data show.

Patients undergoing coronary procedures who received care from a cardiologist using clinical decision support with audit and feedback were less likely to develop AKI compared with patients who received usual care, according to researchers.

Despite no use of iodinated contrast agents, acute kidney injury happened in more than 15% of patients who underwent transcatheter edge-to-edge repair for tricuspid regurgitation, according to a retrospective analysis.

Patients with stage 3 to 5 chronic kidney disease who used an interactive voice response system did not experience significant changes in kidney outcomes compared with patients who received usual care.

According to this study, researchers developed clinical models to predict mortality and kidney recovery among critically ill patients with incident AKI in the ICU that outperformed standard scoring tools.

Regardless of eGFR, AKI correlated with poor kidney outcomes 3 months following non-cardiac surgery, according to results of a recently published study.

Patients with normal renal function who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are undergoing chest CT angiography may not have an increased risk for contrast-associated AKI.

Urinary cadmium, copper and zinc may be biomarkers for early detection of AKI, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Compared with individuals who never drink coffee, those who consume a large amount of coffee are at a lower risk for incident AKI, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, dapagliflozin was well tolerated and did not increase risk of AKI in patients, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.