Latest Acute kidney injury Stories

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Severe acute kidney injuries (AKI) increased an average of 10 percent per year from 2000 to 2009, more than doubling over that time period, according to a new study by research from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). The study, which is published this week in the online edition of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN), discovered these injuries, which describe a sudden, rapid decline in the...

LAWRENCE, Mass., Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage® Medical, Inc. (NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that Jeffrey H. Burbank, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of NxStage, accepted Home Dialyzors United's (HDU) Trailblazer Award for NxStage's outstanding achievement in the innovation and advancement of home hemodialysis with the NxStage System One(TM), at the HDU's 3(rd) Annual Meet Up and Conference in Baltimore, MD. In...

NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Award winning actor, comedian and host of NBC-TV's top rated "America's Got Talent," will soon shine the spotlight on the body's least known but most hardworking organ--the kidney. Nick Cannon, who never gave his own kidneys a second thought, was hospitalized last winter for acute kidney injury and diagnosed with lupus nephritis. His condition has stabilized and he's now stepping out in support of the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Walk to...

Studies are needed to see if effective antioxidants can help reduce the risk Highlights: -Obese patients have an increased risk of developing kidney damage, or acute kidney injury, after heart surgery. -Oxidative stress associated with obesity seems to play a role in this increased risk. Acute kidney injury affects 5% to 30% of heart surgery patients. Oxidative stress may put obese patients at increased risk of developing kidney damage after heart surgery, according to a study...

ABBOTT PARK, Ill. and AARHUS, Denmark, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Action Pharma A/S, a privately owned company, today announced that they have entered into an agreement in which Abbott will acquire AP214 from Action Pharma. AP214 is in development to prevent acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with major cardiac surgery in patients at increased risk and has further potential in adjacent indications. AP214 is a hormone analogue that targets both systemic...

New biomarkers tested How does a doctor determine whether or not an emergency-room patient has acute kidney injury? Using tests currently available in the hospital, this question is often difficult to answer. In many emergency cases, however, early diagnosis of the severity of the disease picture is crucial. A large multicenter study by clinicians of the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC)...

Silent condition might be detected earlyThe presence of certain markers in the urine might be a red flag for acute kidney injury (AKI), according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that a simple urine test could help prevent cases of kidney failure.Unlike heart or brain injuries, which show obvious outward signs, physical symptoms are not typically present with AKI. Researchers have been looking for markers...

Protein loss in the urine and low kidney function are troubling signsReduced kidney function and protein in the urine place a person at risk for kidney injury, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). The results suggest that improved recognition of these warning signs could help reduce preventable forms of acute kidney injury (AKI).Acute kidney injury, which occurs when a person's kidney function deteriorates over a...

Hospitalized patients who experience acute kidney problems that require dialysis are at increased risk of receiving chronic dialysis once discharged, but do not have an increased risk of death, according to a study in the September 16 issue of JAMA."Acute kidney injury, which leads to a sudden decline in kidney function, is a common and serious complication of hospitalization in the adult population. Many patients with severe acute kidney injury require initiation of hemodialysis or...

Patients who sustain injury to their kidneys and require in-hospital dialysis are three times more likely to need long-term dialysis later in life compared to those without a history of this condition, says a new study from St. Michael's Hospital. Patients with acute kidney disease are a high-risk group for whom early medical surveillance and intervention may prevent progression to irreversible end-stage kidney disease.Approximately two million Canadians have kidney disease and more than...