... Nolph KD, Van Stone JC: The peak concentration hypothesis: a urea kinetic approachto comparing the adequacy of continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) and hemodialysis Perit Dial Int 1989, ... validated in clinical practice, particularly in the acute setting [18] In designing the protocol, we recognized that combining continuous and intermittent modalities into a single treatment strategy ... continuous therapy and the values they calculated from the mean daily duration of treatment and the mean values for dialysate, replacement fluid and net ultrafiltration rates [6] This apparent inconsistency...
... is applicable to these patients (that is, whether a creatinine increase of more than 0.3 mg/dl from an elevated base- line represents AKI and has the same risks as a creatinine increase froma ... participating societies to represent both their area of expertise and their sponsoring organization AKIN is intended to facilitate international, interdisciplinary, and intersocietal collaborations ... kidney disease Sensitive and specific markers for kidneyinjury are not currently available in clinical practice Several groups are working on developing and validating biomarkers ofkidney injury...
... and clinical factors and stratification by site and initial modality of RRT ina multi- variate analysis, the relative risk of death associated with dialysis initiation with a higher degree of ... inadequate to answer the question of appropriate indications and timing of initiation of CRRT in AKI The vast majority of patients with AKI are never treated with RRT, yet have increased mortality rates ... azotemia (using the ‘early’ initiation group as the comparator) was 1.85 (95% confidence interval 1.16 to 2.96) Similarly, using a propensity score analysis to adjust for factors predicting initiation...
... with American clinical practice, in that a continuum of care approach for AKI (that is, matching the appropriate therapy to the patient’s clinical status at different time points) was utilized In ... hemodynamic data are particularly important in light of the continuing belief by many experts that any episode of hypotension in an AKI patient, even if very transient, can cause further kidneyinjury ... both a predominantly male patient population and late renal replacement therapy initiation, may have contributed to the higher APACHE II score Finally, additional evidence supporting the overall...
... Shibata N, Inoue Y, Fukumoto K, Nishimura A, Fukushima K, Yshikawa Y, Spiteller G, Takada K: Evaluation offactorsto decrease bioavailability of cyclosporin Ain rats with gentamicin-induced acute ... Organic anion transporters OATs are predominantly found in the basolateral membrane of the renal tubules and facilitate the uptake of small organic anions from the peritubular plasma into renal ... function are all influential These factors change from minute to minute in the dynamic AKI patient Regular therapeutic drug monitoring should be a standard of care when treating patients with AKI...
... Molitoris BA, Warnock DG, Shah SV, Joannidis M, Ronco C, AcuteKidneyInjury Network (AKIN): Development ofa clinical research agenda for acutekidneyinjury using an international interdisciplinary ... Salvatori G, Dan M, Piccinni P: Practice patterns in the management ofacute renal failure in the critically ill patient: an international survey Nephrol Dial Transplant 2006, 21:690-696 Rabindranath ... patients and prevent AKI This call for 'attention to basics' includes general measures like education and training of nursing and medical staff, emphasis on the importance of the clinical examination,...
... therapy (RRT) initiation in patients with AKI has been under debate for a long time From the view point of an early renal support strategy, the goal of early RRT is to maintain solute clearance and ... relevant covariates into the final Cox proportional hazards model Also, we did an additional analysis adjusting for three clinical relevant variables (namely, sepsis before RRT, mechanical ventilation, ... criteria Risk Increase plasma creatinine ×1.5 or GFR decrease > 25% < 0.5 ml/kg/h × h Injury Increase plasma creatinine ×2 or GFR decrease > 50% < 0.5 ml/kg/h × 12 h Failure Increase plasma creatinine...
... Fotouhi A, Razavi SAH, Mansournia MA, Yamini-Sharif A, Amirzadegan A, Salarifar M, Sadeghian S, Davoodi G, Borumand MA, Esfehani FA, Darabian S: Sodium bicarbonate plus isotonic saline versus saline ... Bates DW: Acutekidney injury, mortality, length of stay, and costs in hospitalized patients J Am Soc Nephrol 2005, 16:3365-3370 Vasheghani-Farahni A, Sadigh G, Kassaian SE, Khatami SMR, Fotouhi ... data (Beginning and Ending Supportive Therapy for the Kidney) has examined the clinical Page of (page number not for citation purposes) parameters associated with successful cessation of continuous...
... (black, Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, white) Age categories employed in standardisation and calculation of age-specific rates and ratios were: less than year, to years, to 14 years, 15 to ... group AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native [1] The MCOD approach is particularly appropriate in the analysis of sepsis mortality because the vast majority of sepsis cases occur in elderly individuals ... a paucity of data on sepsis-associated mortality rates in Hispanics, American Indians/ Alaska Natives and Asians Earlier studies found that, relative to whites, blacks and other non-whites have...
... of analytical grade from Nacalai Tesque (Kyoto, Japan) and Wako Pure Chemical Industries (Osaka, Japan) Culture and screening of bacteria Bacterial strains were cultivated for 1520 h at 30 C in ... N-Methyl-L-amino acid dehydrogenase from P putida H Mihara et al Table Substrate specicity of NMAADH in the forward reaction NMAADH activity was determined in reaction mixture containing 10 mM a- oxo acid, ... sequencing of the gene encoding NMAADH The NMAADH gene was inserted into pET2 1a( +) to yield the plasmid pDPKA NMAADH was puried to homogeneity by chromatography using a Green-Sepharose and a DEAE-Toyopearl...
... K, Nakanishi S, Kazama JJ, Gejyo F, Yamashita T, Fukagawa M: Total parathyroidectomy reduces elevated circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 in advanced secondary hyperparathyroidism Am J Kidney ... Intensive Care 2011, 1:21 http://www.annalsofintensivecare.com/content/1/1/21 Page of Table Baseline characteristics of patients with and without acutekidneyinjury No acutekidneyinjury Number Acute ... Ishimura E, Nishizawa Y: FGF-23 in patients with end-stage renal disease on hemodialysis Kidney Int 2004, 65:1943-1946 45 Sato T, Tominaga Y, Ueki T, Goto N, Matsuoka S, Katayama A, Haba T, Uchida...
... analyses examining the impact of the different baseline characteristics on the appearance ofacutekidneyinjury and maximum RIFLE class F are presented in Table Increasing age, greater severity of illness ... develop anemia Finally, acutekidneyinjury itself can lead toa non-infectious, proinflammatory response with activation of leukocytes, secretion of proinflammatory cytokines and recruitment of neutrophils ... hospital admission creatinine, the ICU admission creatinine or the CrMDRD creatinine as the baseline value Approximately one-half of patients were classified using the CrMDRD as a baseline None of...
... Society Adult Patient Database, 1996–2005 acutekidneyinjury and incidence from the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database, 1996–2005 ARF, acute renal failure Page of ... rates (95% confidence intervals) ofacutekidneyinjury stratified by two-year intervals, and admission characteristics from the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database ... conducted a 10-year observational study of > 90,000 ICU admissions to 20 ICUs in Australia, using a high-quality clinical database, to evaluate trends in the incidence and mortality associated with AKI...
... ANZICS Database Management Committee: Changes in the incidence and outcome for early acuteinjuryina cohort of Australian intensive care units Crit Care 2007, 11:R68 Ympa YP, Sakr Y, Reinhart ... creatinine and urine output Emerging biomarkers of AKI, such as neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalcin and cystatin C, give us a view of the biological clock, and the use of commercially available ... (Risk-InjuryFailure-Loss of renal function-Endstage renal disease) and AKIN (Acute KidneyInjury Network) criteria provides us a framework for identifying and staging AKI This will not only aid us in recruiting patients,...
... Mean uNGALa Peak uNGALa Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation/median (interquartile range) aMean and peak urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) concentrations increased ... (1.1) Peak uNGALa Mean uNGALa,b aPeak Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation/median (interquartile range) and mean urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (uNGAL) concentrations ... strata and Figure illustrates the data graphically There was a statistically significant association between worsening pRIFLEmax status and increasing mean and peak uNGAL concentrations (all...
... Levin A, AcuteKidneyInjury Network: AcuteKidneyInjury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes inacutekidneyinjury Crit Care 2007, 11:R31 Myers GL, Miller WG, Coresh J, Fleming ... Cockcroft–Gault and modification of diet in renal disease equations in estimating GFR in ill hospitalized patients Am J Kidney Dis 2005, 46:242-252 Barrantes F, Tian J, Vazquez R, Amoateng-Adjepong ... Levey AS, Panteghini M, Welch M, Eckfeldt JH; National Kidney Disease Education Program Laboratory Working Group: Recommendations for improving serum creatinine measurement: a report from the Laboratory...
... overload, in particular in AKI, may be an important and underappreciated determinant of survival These data encourage speculation that one benefit of early RRT, when defined by the duration of time ... resuscitative management has been accomplished Few clinical investigations, until now, have evaluated the impact that fluid balance has on clinical outcomes in critically ill adults with AKI [1] Ina ... Critical Care Vol 12 No Bagshaw et al septic patients with AKI, Van Biesen and colleagues [8] showed that additional fluid therapy (despite apparent optimal haemodynamics, restoration of intravascular...
... Mehta RL, Kellum JA, Shah SV, Molitoris BA, Ronco C, Warnock DG, Levin A, AcuteKidneyInjury Network: AcuteKidneyInjury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes inacutekidneyinjury ... maximum AKIN in 64.1% and 67.4% of patients, respectively, whereas in almost 5% of patients it was the urine output criteria that led toa maximum RIFLE and a maximum AKIN Creatinine and urine output ... the criteria that lead to the worst classification are used Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) criteria are calculated as an increase of serum creatinine above the baseline serum creatinine level...
... for individual variations in hemodynamic variables, aiming at least for a mean Figure Algorithm showing selection of patients TBSA, percentage burned of patients total body surface area arterial ... dysfunction in burns The reason for AKI among patients with major burns may be multifactorial We found that the acute increase in plasma creatinine concentration was preceded by the initial inflammatory ... renal replacement therapy, plasma creatinine was within the reference range during the first day after injuryin all cases but one, whose plasma creatinine was 126 μmol/L All four had multiple organ...
... patients admitted to intensive care units requiring chronic renal dialysis: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database Crit Care 2007, 11:R50 Dara SI, Afessa B, Bajwa AA, Albright ... R Chang is in charge of the Riyadh Intensive Care Program database Both authors extracted the data from the database and performed the analyses Dr Ostermann wrote the draft and Mr Chang provided ... Critical Care Vol 12 No Ostermann and Chang Figure Associated maximum organ failure and impact on outcome Shown are (a) incidence (%) and (b) ICU mortality (%) AKI, acutekidney injury; ESRF,...