BACKGROUND: Sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate; Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France)
is a cation-exchange resin routinely used in the management of hyperkalemia. However, its …

Rationale & Objective Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may be associated with high
rates of acute kidney injury (AKI) and kidney replacement therapy (KRT), potentially …

Survivors of severe acute kidney injury remain at high risk of death well after apparent
recovery from the initial insult. Here we determine whether early nephrology follow-up after a …

Objective: Among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury, the impact of renal replacement
therapy modality on long-term kidney function is unknown. Compared with conventional …

… Garg MD 9 , Ziv Harel MD 1 2 3 , Abhijat Kitchlu MD 1 , C. David Mazer MD 2 10 ,
Danielle M. Nash MSc 3 , Damon C. … Harel, R. Wald, JM Bargman, et al. …

Objectives To look at the available literature on validated prediction models for contrast induced
nephropathy and describe their characteristics. Design Systematic review. Data sources …

Quality improvement involves a combined effort among health care staff and stakeholders to
diagnose and treat problems in the health care system. However, health care professionals …

To achieve sustainable change, quality improvement initiatives must become the new way
of working rather than something added on to routine clinical care. However, most …

Background Large, population-based administrative healthcare databases can be used to
identify patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) when serum creatinine laboratory results …

Introduction Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are increasingly used to treat cancers. Kidney
immune-related adverse events (IRAEs) are now well recognized, with the incidence of …