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Impact of intraoperative hypotension and blood loss on acute kidney injury after pancreas surgery

Rev. bras. anestesiol; 70 (4), 2020
Abstract Purpose: This study aimed to investigate factors associated with postoperative Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) focusing on intraoperative hypotension and blood loss volume. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of patients undergoing pancreas surgery between January 2013 and December 2018. ...

Urine microscopy as a biomarker of Acute Kidney Injury following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (1), 2020
Abstract Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurs in about 22% of the patients undergoing cardiac surgery and 2.3% requires renal replacement therapy (RRT). The current diagnostic criteria for AKI by increased serum creatinine levels have limitations and new biomarkers are being tested. Urine sedi...

Technical note and clinical instructions for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in patients with Covid-19: Brazilian Society of Nephrology and Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine

J. bras. nefrol; 42 (2,supl.1), 2020
ABSTRACT We produced this document to bring pertinent information to the practice of nephrology, as regards to the renal involvement with COVID-19, the management of acute kidney injury cases, and practical guidance on the provision of dialysis support.As information on COVID-19 evolves at a pace never b...

Fatores de risco para lesão renal aguda em pacientes clínicos intensivos

Resumo Objetivo Identificar prevalência e fatores associados à lesão renal aguda em pacientes clínicos intensivos, e compará-los com um grupo controle; analisar se a coexistência de fatores constitui preditor de risco para o desenvolvimento de lesão renal aguda. Métodos Estudo caso-controle, ...

Drug-induced nephrotoxicity

SUMMARY Acute kidney injury is a very common diagnosis, present in up to 60% of critical patients, and its third main cause is drug toxicity. Nephrotoxicity can be defined as any renal injury caused directly or indirectly by medications, with acute renal failure, tubulopathies, and glomerulopathies as co...

Acute Kidney Injury by SARS-CoV-2 virus in patients with COVID-19: an integrative review

Rev. Bras. Enferm. (Online); 73 (supl.2), 2020
ABSTRACT Objective: to assess scientific evidence on SARS-CoV-2 Acute Kidney Injury in patients with COVID-19. Methods: an integrative review, with adoption of PICO strategy and classification of the level of evidence, carried out on April 10, 2020 in the PubMed database, of articles available between ...

Risk factors and mortality in patients with sepsis, septic and non septic acute kidney injury in ICU

J. bras. nefrol; 41 (4), 2019
Abstract Acute kidney injury (AKI) has an incidence rate of 5-6% among intensive care unit (ICU) patients and sepsis is the most frequent etiology. Aims: To assess patients in the ICU that developed AKI, AKI on chronic kidney disease (CKD), and/or sepsis, and identify the risk factors and outcomes of th...

Lesión renal aguda en niños poscirugía cardíaca: factores de riesgo e impacto evolutivo. Estudio de cohorte retrospectiva

Arch. argent. pediatr; 117 (6), 2019
Introducción. La lesión renal aguda (LRA) ha sido descrita como una complicación frecuente de las cirugías cardíacas en pacientes pediátricos, con impacto documentado en la morbimortalidad. Se estima una incidencia de alrededor del 40 % en este grupo de pacientes. El objetivo del trabajo fue calcul...

Acute kidney injury in newborns with necrotizing enterocolitis: risk factors and mortality

Abstract Background: Both necrotizing enterocolitis and acute kidney injury are tightly related conditions, which independently increase mortality in newborns. Necrotizing enterocolitis is an inflammatory disease with a systemic repercussion that leads to inflammatory kidney changes predisposing to rena...