Acute Kidney Injury News

BOSTON — Several studies indicate that fluid overload greater than 10% of body weight among patients is associated with AKI and mortality, according to a speaker at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Models based on perioperative basic metabolic panel laboratory values performed well in predicting acute kidney injury at 72 hours and 14 days after cardiac surgery, researchers reported in JAMA.

AKI and chronic kidney disease prevalence is high among transgender patients, but this is rarely researched, according to a cross-sectional study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

A lower baseline eGFR and reduced urine output at the start of kidney replacement therapy “are strongly and independently” correlated with lack of kidney recovery among critically ill patients with COVID-19.

AKI-related hospitalizations correlated with high mortality rates among veterans, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Following hospital discharge, AKI survivors reported several barriers to self-management such as being unaware of and uneducated about their diagnosis, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors are an effective class of drugs for improving morbidity and mortality in patients with established atherosclerotic CVD or cardiovascular risk factors, researchers reported.

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 now accounts for 95% of COVID-19 cases in the United States, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, said during a White House briefing on Wednesday.

An AKI-Standardized Clinical Assessment and Management Plan correlated with reduced ICU length of stay when tested in a 12-month period, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

At least one in three patients who survived AKI and required hemodialysis recovered kidney function within the first 90 days after discharge from the hospital, according to recently published data.