Some drugs are known as nephrotoxic, which means that their effects can cause damage to the kidneys. Drugs such as certain ...

Background: Patients on anti-tuberculosis treatment may develop acute kidney injury (AKI), but little is known about the renal outcome and prognostic factors, especially in an aging population.

Reports of GLP-1RA–associated acute kidney injury (AKI) have emerged, but the risk of GLP-1RA–associated AKI among patients on anti-cancer drugs is unclear. Surprisingly, new research suggests ...

Among patients with diabetes receiving PCI, novel antidiabetic agents may reduce risk for acute kidney injury.

If the efficacies of treatment strategies cannot be reliably ... To this end, the Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN) has been formed. Representing nephrology and critical care societies, as ...

Kidney disease is strongly linked with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, infections and other health conditions, as well as social determinants of health and climate change.

The following is a summary of “Epidemiology of sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in the ICU with contemporary consensus ...

A study shows how hemodialysis helped save the life of a horse a horse with an often deadly form of toxicosis.

A new review published in Genes & Diseases on long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) highlights their critical role in the development, diagnosis, and potential treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI ...

Michael Bromberg, MD, PhD, talks with Physician’s Weekly about renal disease in patients with paroxysmal nocturnal ...

More than 50% of the AKI events occurred within two months of anti-TB treatment, indicating that an acute phase reaction may be contributory. The findings also suggest that patients with CKD and ...