Background Patient-oriented research affords individuals with opportunities to genuinely
contribute to health care research as members of research teams. While checklists and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The
lack of early biomarkers for AKI has impaired our ability to intervene in a timely manner. …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of cardiac surgery and increases morbidity
and mortality. The identification of reliable biomarkers that allow earlier diagnosis of AKI …

Objective: To determine the incidence, severity, and risk factors of acute kidney injury in
children undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart defects. Design: Prospective …

Background: The risk for hypertension after kidney donation remains uncertain. Purpose: To
see whether normotensive adults who donate a kidney develop higher blood pressure and …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs commonly after pediatric cardiac surgery and associates
with poor outcomes. Biomarkers may help the prediction or early identification of AKI, …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in patients with cirrhosis and associated with significant
mortality. The most common etiologies of AKI in this setting are prerenal azotemia (PRA), …

Being able to predict whether AKI will progress could improve monitoring and care, guide
patient counseling, and assist with enrollment into trials of AKI treatment. Using samples from …

Results KIM-1 peaked 2 days after surgery in adults and 1 day after surgery in children,
whereas L-FABP peaked within 6 hours after surgery in both age groups. In multivariable …

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on the epidemiology of Campylobacter-associated
reactive arthritis (ReA). METHODS: A Medline (PubMed) search identified studies from 1966 to …