Acute Kidney Injury

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Medicare beneficiaries, a speaker reported.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read AKI-related nephrology news stories in 2024.

Male patients in all age groups, especially those aged between 16 and 55 years, may face higher AKI risk than female patients, according to data that assessed the impact of sex and age on kidney health.

SAN DIEGO — Patients with decompensated alcohol-associated cirrhosis and ascites taking naltrexone had lower risk for all-cause mortality and liver disease complications, including acute kidney injury and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.

SAN DIEGO — Increasing the mean arterial pressure target to 75 mmHg lowered the odds of 28-day mortality by 85%, and also reduced the odds of acute kidney injury nonrecovery, in decompensated cirrhosis with septic shock, according to data.

CMS issued a final rule increasing the End-stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System base rate to dialysis facilities by about 2.7% to $273.82 beginning Jan. 1, 2025, according to an agency press release.

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 — 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.

Individuals with eating disorders and abnormal electrolyte levels faced an increased risk for several adverse health outcomes, including death and hospitalization, a retrospective cohort study showed.

Acute kidney injury is a frequent complication following hematopoietic cell transplantation.