Medications
Drug discovery offers potential treatment for common kidney disease
A serious condition that can cause the kidneys to suddenly stop working could be treated with existing medicines, a new study shows.
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News tagged with acute kidney injury
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Kidney damage diagnosis may be inaccurate for many, suggests study
Researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have found that, for many patients, an initial diagnosis of "acute kidney injury" may have been inaccurate. Their finding, based on an analysis of patient records, ...
Feb 24, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Critically ill COVID patients with acute kidney injury more likely to die than those with pre-existing chronic disease
New research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC), held online this year, suggests that among COVID-19 patients admitted to the intensive ...
Dec 18, 2021
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Surgery
Successful transplants using damaged kidneys on the rise, but organ donors still wasted
A new analysis of national kidney transplant and organ discard data concludes that too many deceased donor organs with acute kidney injury (AKI) may be needlessly going to waste because of a change in the way kidneys are ...
Jan 13, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Blood protein predicts poor COVID-19 outcomes
Low levels of the blood protein renalase predict poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19, Yale researchers report. They are planning to ask for expedited approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate ...
Jun 12, 2020
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Medical research
Using AI to predict acute kidney injury
A team of researchers from DeepMind, the U.S. Veterans Administration and several other institutions in the U.K. and the U.S. has applied artificial intelligence to the problem of detecting acute kidney injury in hospitalized ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Growing kidney tissue simpler and faster will help fight disease
New treatments for kidney diseases and inherited kidney disorders could result from new research that is revolutionising the way human kidney tissue is grown from stem cells.
Jul 23, 2018
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Medications
Regorafenib, nivolumab, chemo combo found safe and effective for various cancers, heading to phase 3 trial
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, have concluded their phase 2 trial of chemotherapy in combination with the drugs nivolumab, and regorafenib.
Medical research
A new drug target for kidney disease
Despite nearly two million people dying of acute kidney injury every year, and tens of millions more needing treatment, no effective drug treatment for the condition is available. Furthermore, most acute kidney injury patients ...
Dec 7, 2021
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Surgery
High risk of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing treatment for infected total knee replacement
Acute kidney injury (AKI) occurred in nearly 20 percent of patients who underwent surgery with implantation of antibiotic-loaded "spacers" and intravenous (IV) antibiotics for the treatment of deep infections after total ...
Mar 29, 2021
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