... AKI and randomized in a paired fashion [29] Patients were enrolled when the serum creatinine reached approximately mg/dl and were dialyzed to maintain a predialysis BUN of < 60 mg/dl in the intensive ... arm and approximately 100 mg/dl in the non-intensive arm The average time to initiation of dialysis was ± days in the intensive arm and ± days in the non-intensive arm Mortality was higher in ... A randomized clinical trial of continuous versus intermittent dialysis for acute renal failure Kidney Int 2001, 60:1154-1163 Augustine JJ, Sandy D, Seifert TH, Paganini EP: A randomized controlled...
... Candidate genes inacute lung injuryGene Ontology Encoded protein Gene symbol NR IM Interleukin-1β IL1B × × Interleukin-6 IL6 × Tissue factor precursor TF Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 IN ... receptor-5 genes were reported to be involved in several lung inflammatory disorders [38] andin amplifying inflammation in lung [39], respectively The gene encoding CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)2 ... permeability during combined burn and smoke inhalation injuryin a sheep model [49] There is evidence of epithelial involvement in ALI, such as upregulation of the CCAAT enhancer binding protein gene (C/EBP),...
... Sensitive and specific markers for kidneyinjury are not currently available in clinical practice Several groups are working on developing and validating biomarkers of kidneyinjuryand GFR which ... Table Diagnostic criteria for acutekidneyinjury An abrupt (within 48 hours) reduction inkidney function currently defined as an absolute increase in serum creatinine of more than or equal to ... expertise and their sponsoring organization AKIN is intended to facilitate international, interdisciplinary, and intersocietal collaborations to ensure progress in the field of AKI and obtain the...
... Therapy for the Kidney (B.E.S.T Kidney) Investigators Writing Committee: Patient andkidney survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acutekidneyinjury Int J Artif Organs ... comparisons of intermittent and continuous therapies inacutekidney injury: what they mean? Int J Artif Organs 2008, 31: 213-220 23 Clark WR, Letteri JJ, Uchino S, Bellomo R, Ronco C: Recent clinical ... Gibney N, Tolwani A, Ronco C; Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (BEST Kidney) Investigators: Acute renal failure in critically ill patients: a multinational, multicenter study...
... been validated in clinical practice, particularly in the acute setting [18] In designing the protocol, we recognized that combining continuous and intermittent modalities into a single treatment ... Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (B.E.S.T Kidney) Investigators Writing Committee: Patient andkidney survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acutekidney ... conference on continuous renal replacement therapy Kidney Int 2002, 62:1855-1863 Palevsky PM: Clinical review: timing and dose of continuous renal replacement therapy inacutekidneyinjury Crit Care...
... classification [24] for acutekidneyinjury GFR criteria Urine output criteria Risk Increase plasma creatinine ×1.5 or GFR decrease > 25% < 0.5 ml/kg/h × h Injury Increase plasma creatinine ×2 or GFR decrease ... sustained and uncontrolled intra-abdominal hypertension and may result in AKI or mortality, is being increasingly observed in the general surgical population [7] Thus it was assumed that abdominal ... Physicians India 1997, 45:850-852 36 Mehta RL, Kellum JA, Shah SV, Molitoris BA, Ronco C, Warnock DG, Levin A: AcuteKidneyInjury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes inacutekidney injury...
... Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests References Thakar CV, Christianson A, Freyberg R, Almenoff P, Render ML: Incidence and outcomes of acutekidneyinjury ... (Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney) has examined the clinical Page of (page number not for citation purposes) parameters associated with successful cessation of continuous ... renal function, an increase in the number of filters employed and, more worryingly, an increase in hypophosphataemia Perhaps one of the most remarkable statistics was the similarity in fluid balance...
... http://www.annalsofintensivecare.com/content/1/1/21 Page of Table Baseline characteristics of patients with and without acutekidneyinjury No acutekidneyinjury Number Acutekidneyinjury p value ... baseline serum creatinine of 67 ± 15 μmol/L with a peak inpatient serum creatinine of 217 ± 86 μmol/L compared with a baseline serum creatinine of 69 ± 20 μmol/L and a peak serum creatinine of ... during acutekidneyinjury from causes other than PO4 (mmol/L) 2000 4000 6000 FGF−23 (RU/mL) Figure Correlation of serum phosphorus (PO4) and FGF-23 levels in patients with and without acute kidney...
... with pSS and 156 controls [3] The aim of our study was to investigate in a large case-control study whether CTLA-4 CT60 and/ or +49A/G SNPs were involved in genetic predisposition to pSS in French ... +49A/G polymorphismsin a replication study The geographical origin and the clinico-biological characteristics of the patients in this second cohort were the same as those in the first In this ... different origin or different clinico-biological characteristics of the patients from the two cohorts and could only be the result of a sampling bias Indeed, the findings observed in our first...
... lipoproteins ApoE is also the main protein component of the very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and high density lipoproteins (HDL) ApoE polymorphisms generate more than 10 percent of the interindividual ... for genetic analyses Reoperation for CAD, reintervention (PTCA and/ or stenting and/ or hospital admission for myocardial infarction), angina at the time of follow-up, and a combined endpoint of ... [%] 24 Genetic analyses Polymorphismsin genes coding for factors involved in lipid metabolism: apolipoprotein E (APOE) [4,8], hepatic lipase (LIPC) [7], and cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)...
... still remained below the lower value of reference range In all animals, there is a general increase in total serum protein, a decrease in albumin, and an increase in globulins with advancing age ... effect of the combination of acids and tannin in diet on the performance and selected biochemical, haematological andantioxidantenzyme parameters in grower pigs Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2010 ... parameters in individual groups The minimum level of significance was defined at p < 0.05 Results At the beginning of the feeding trial one pig died during blood sampling in Group I No clinical health...
... acutekidneyinjuryand incidence from the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database, 1996–2005 acutekidneyinjuryand incidence from the Australia New Zealand Intensive ... making it possible to assess changes in incidence and outcome over a significant timespan We therefore interrogated the ANZICS APD to obtain information on the incidence and outcome of AKI in ... examining for trends in incidence over time is unfortunate when taking into account the poor clinical outcome and high cost of care for critically ill patients with AKI [10,13,32] The key findings...
... disease) and AKIN (Acute KidneyInjury Network) criteria provides us a framework for identifying and staging AKI This will not only aid us in recruiting patients, but also serve as clinical endpoints ... Changes in the incidence and outcome for early acuteinjuryin a cohort of Australian intensive care units Crit Care 2007, 11:R68 Ympa YP, Sakr Y, Reinhart K, Vincent JL: Has mortality from acute ... JA, Shah SV, Molitoris BA, Ronco C, Warnock DG, Levin A: AcuteKidneyInjury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes inacutekidneyinjury Crit Care 2007, 11:R31 ...
... was exposed on day in parallel with increasing plasma creatinine concentration, and patients classified as Risk were exposed and 19 days, Table Early and late acutekidney injury: characteristics, ... Data are mean (95% confidence interval) or number of patients Acutekidneyinjury is classified by RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease) Multiple organ ... creatinine was within the reference range during the first day after injuryin all cases but one, whose plasma creatinine was 126 μmol/L All four had multiple organ failure before dialysis, and...
... Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (B.E.S.T Kidney) Investigators Writing Committee Patient andkidney survival by dialysis modality in critically ill patients with acutekidney ... assessment (SOFA) and serum creatinine at CRRT initiation and CRRT downtime (hours); for IRRT the covariates included were age (10-years increments), sex and RIFLE class at IRRT initiation In addition ... Outcome Survey on AcuteKidneyInjury (NEiPHROS-AKI) Investigators North East Italian Prospective Hospital Renal Outcome Survey on AcuteKidneyInjury (NEiPHROS-AKI): targeting the problem with...
... is a known risk factor for AKI, Table Baseline characteristics of patients with and without acutekidneyinjury No acutekidneyinjuryAcutekidneyinjury P value Number 21 18 Age (years)* 2.1 ... other urine and plasma biomarkers of AKI that have been measured in this cohort, including urinary IL-18, serum/urinary neutrophil-gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), urinary kidneyinjury ... demonstrated that inflammatory cytokines increase early after AKI as serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and keratinocyte-derived cytokine (KC, the murine analogue of interleukin-8) were increased by hours...
... Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney (BEST Kidney) Investigators: Timing of renal replacement therapy and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with severe acutekidney ... Maximum organ failure during ICU* Median (range) Mean (SD) Mechanical ventilation Mortality * excluding acutekidneyinjury AKI = acutekidney injury; APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation ... Shah SV, Molitoris BA, Ronco C, Warnock DG, Levin A: AcuteKidneyInjury Network (AKIN): report of an initiative to improve outcomes inacutekidneyinjury Critical Care 2007, 11:R31 Knaus WA, Draper...
... a more accurate determination of AKI severity in critically-ill patients Page of Abbreviations AKI: acutekidney injury; AKIN: AcuteKidneyInjury Network; CKD: chronic kidney disease; GFR: glomerular ... creatinine Authors' contributions EM, JB, GMC, and RLM were involved in the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article and revising it critically for important intellectual ... Ascertainment and epidemiology of acutekidneyinjury varies with definition interpretation Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008, 3:948-954 Bagshaw SM, George C, Bellomo R: A comparison of the RIFLE and AKIN...