Consensus definitions have been reached for both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic
kidney disease (CKD) and these definitions are now routinely used in research and clinical …

Context Severe acute kidney injury among hospitalized patients often necessitates initiation
of short-term dialysis. Little is known about the long-term outcome of those who survive to …

Despite improvements in intensive care and dialysis, some experts have concluded that
outcomes associated with acute renal failure (ARF) have not improved significantly over time. …

The aim of this study was to provide a broad characterization of the epidemiology of acute
renal failure (ARF) in the United States using national administrative data and describe its …

The role of urinary biomarkers of kidney injury in the prediction of adverse clinical outcomes
in acute renal failure (ARF) has not been well described. The relationship between urinary N…

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and sepsis carry consensus definitions. The simultaneous presence
of both identifies septic AKI. Septic AKI is the most common AKI syndrome in ICU and …

Background Hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder encountered in
hospitalized patients. Methods We evaluated whether hospital-associated hyponatremia has an …

Background More effective and safer treatments are needed for antineutrophil cytoplasmic
antibody (ANCA)–associated vasculitis. Methods We conducted a randomized trial with a 2-by…

Introduction Our aim was to investigate the impact of early versus late initiation of renal
replacement therapy (RRT) on clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (…

Administrative and claims databases may be useful for the study of acute renal failure (ARF)
and ARF that requires dialysis (ARF-D), but the validity of the corresponding diagnosis and …