Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

In an article published in the journal The Lancet, an international research team led by Dr Thilo von Groote and Prof Alexander Zarbock from the University of Münster has demonstrated that a targeted ...

The kidneys are among the most important organs of the human body. Every day they filter around 1,500 liters of blood, ...

AKI can be classified as prerenal, intrinsic, or postrenal, with KDIGO criteria guiding diagnosis. New biomarkers like NGAL and cystatin C allow earlier and more precise detection of AKI. Preventing ...

Patients who have experienced acute kidney injury (AKI) reported experiencing significant impacts on aspects of their physical and emotional health, demonstrating the different ways that AKI episodes ...

Testosterone therapy was associated with lower risks for acute kidney injury and all-cause mortality among patients with hypogonadism and diabetes.

A 19-year-old university student in Hanoi collapsed, convulsed, and fell into a coma suffering from acute kidney failure ...

A groundbreaking discovery offers hope for reversing kidney damage, challenging the notion that it's irreversible.

On April 3, 2024, Nature Reviews Nephrology published an international consensus statement titled "Chronic Kidney Disease and the Global Public Health Agenda: An International Consensus." Authored by ...