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Omosule CL, Blair CJ, Herries E, Zaydman MA, Farnsworth C, Ladenson J, Dietzen DJ, Gaut JP. Clinical Utility of LC-MS/MS for Blood Myo-Inositol in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury and Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin Chem 2024; 70:1172-1181. [PMID: 39092926 DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvae097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 06/12/2024] [Indexed: 08/04/2024]
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BACKGROUND Diagnosing acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) relies on creatinine, which lacks optimal diagnostic sensitivity. The kidney-specific proximal tubular enzyme myo-inositol oxygenase (MIOX) catalyzes the conversion of myo-inositol (MI) to D-glucuronic acid. We hypothesized that proximal tubular damage, which occurs in AKI and CKD, will decrease MIOX activity, causing MI accumulation. To explore this, we developed an LC-MS/MS assay to quantify plasma MI and assessed its potential in identifying AKI and CKD patients. METHODS MI was quantified in plasma from 3 patient cohorts [normal kidney function (n = 105), CKD (n = 94), and AKI (n = 54)]. The correlations between MI and creatinine were determined using Deming regression and Pearson correlation and the impact of age, sex, and ethnicity on MI concentrations was assessed. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was employed to evaluate MI diagnostic performance. RESULTS In volunteers with normal kidney function, the central 95th percentile range of plasma MI concentrations was 16.6 to 44.2 µM. Age, ethnicity, and sex showed minimal influence on MI. Patients with AKI and CKD exhibited higher median MI concentrations [71.1 (25th percentile: 38.2, 75th percentile: 115.4) and 102.4 (77, 139.5) µM], respectively. MI exhibited excellent sensitivity (98.9%) and specificity (100%) for diagnosing CKD. In patients with AKI, MI increased 32.9 (SD 16.8) h before creatinine. CONCLUSIONS This study unveils MI as a potential renal biomarker, notably elevated in plasma during AKI and CKD. Plasma MI rises 33 h prior to serum creatinine, enabling early AKI detection. Further validation and exploration of MI quantitation in kidney disease diagnosis is warranted.
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- Catherine L Omosule
- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Pathology & Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
- Department of Medicine (Nephrology), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Coca SG. Do Novel Biomarkers Have Utility in the Diagnosis and Prognosis of AKI? CON. KIDNEY360 2023; 4:1667-1669. [PMID: 37291706 PMCID: PMC10758505 DOI: 10.34067/kid.0000000000000188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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- Steven G Coca
- Barbara T. Murphy Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Kopitkó C, Fülöp T, Tapolyai M, Gondos T. A Critical Reassessment of the Kidney Risk Caused by Tetrastarch Products in the Perioperative and Intensive Care Environments. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5262. [PMID: 37629303 PMCID: PMC10455866 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12165262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Purpose: To reassess the results of former meta-analyses focusing on the relationship between novel HES preparations (130/0.4 and 130/0.42) and acute kidney injury. Previous meta-analyses are based on studies referring to partially or fully unpublished data or data from abstracts only. Methods: The studies included in the former meta-analyses were scrutinized by the authors independently. We completed a critical analysis of the literature, including the strengths, weaknesses and modifiers of the studies when assessing products, formulations and outcomes. Results: Both the published large studies and meta-analyses show significant bias in the context of the deleterious effect of 6% 130/0.4-0.42 HES. Without (1) detailed hemodynamic data, (2) the exclusion of other nephrotoxic events and (3) a properly performed evaluation of the dose-effect relationship, the AKI-inducing property of 6% HES 130/0.4 or 0.42 should not be considered as evidence. The administration of HES is safe and effective if the recommended dose is respected. Conclusions: Our review suggests that there is questionable evidence for the deteriorating renal effect of these products. Further well-designed, randomized and controlled trials are needed. Additionally, conclusions formulated for resource-rich environments should not be extended to more resource-scarce environments without proper qualifiers provided.
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- Csaba Kopitkó
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Uzsoki Teaching Hospital of Semmelweis University, Uzsoki u. 29–41, H-1145 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, 96 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
- Medicine Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA;
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- Medicine Service, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, 109 Bee St, Charleston, SC 29401, USA;
- Szent Margit Hospital, Bécsi út 132, H-1032 Budapest, Hungary
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- Doctoral School of Pathological Sciences, Semmelweis University, Üllői út 26, H-1088 Budapest, Hungary;
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Corridon PR. Enhancing the expression of a key mitochondrial enzyme at the inception of ischemia-reperfusion injury can boost recovery and halt the progression of acute kidney injury. Front Physiol 2023; 14:1024238. [PMID: 36846323 PMCID: PMC9945300 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1024238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/10/2023] Open
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Hydrodynamic fluid delivery has shown promise in influencing renal function in disease models. This technique provided pre-conditioned protection in acute injury models by upregulating the mitochondrial adaptation, while hydrodynamic injections of saline alone have improved microvascular perfusion. Accordingly, hydrodynamic mitochondrial gene delivery was applied to investigate the ability to halt progressive or persistent renal function impairment following episodes of ischemia-reperfusion injuries known to induce acute kidney injury (AKI). The rate of transgene expression was approximately 33% and 30% in rats with prerenal AKI that received treatments 1 (T1hr) and 24 (T24hr) hours after the injury was established, respectively. The resulting mitochondrial adaptation via exogenous IDH2 (isocitrate dehydrogenase 2 (NADP+) and mitochondrial) significantly blunted the effects of injury within 24 h of administration: decreased serum creatinine (≈60%, p < 0.05 at T1hr; ≈50%, p < 0.05 at T24hr) and blood urea nitrogen (≈50%, p < 0.05 at T1hr; ≈35%, p < 0.05 at T24hr) levels, and increased urine output (≈40%, p < 0.05 at T1hr; ≈26%, p < 0.05 at T24hr) and mitochondrial membrane potential, Δψm, (≈ by a factor of 13, p < 0.001 at T1hr; ≈ by a factor of 11, p < 0.001 at T24hr), despite elevated histology injury score (26%, p < 0.05 at T1hr; 47%, p < 0.05 at T24hr). Therefore, this study identifies an approach that can boost recovery and halt the progression of AKI at its inception.
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- Peter R. Corridon
- Department of Immunology and Physiology, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Healthcare Engineering Innovation Center, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Center for Biotechnology, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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Atia J, Evison F, Gallier S, Hewins P, Ball S, Gavin J, Coleman J, Garrick M, Pankhurst T. Does acute kidney injury alerting improve patient outcomes? BMC Nephrol 2023; 24:14. [PMID: 36647011 PMCID: PMC9843843 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-03031-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Electronic alerts (e-alerts) for Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) have been implemented into a variety of different Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems worldwide in order to improve recognition and encourage early appropriate management of AKI. We were interested in the impact on patient safety, specialist referral and clinical management. METHODS All patients admitted to our institution with AKI were included in the study. We studied AKI progression, dialysis dependency, length of hospital stay, emergency readmission, ICU readmission, and death, before and after the introduction of electronic alerts. The impact on prescription of high risk drugs, fluid administration, and referral to renal services was also analysed. RESULTS After the introduction of the e-alert, progression to higher AKI stage, emergency readmission to hospital and death during admission were significantly reduced. More prescriptions were stopped for drugs that adversely affect renal function in AKI and there was a significant increase in the ICU admissions and in the number of patients having dialysis, especially in earlier stages. Longer term mortality, renal referrals, and fluid alteration did not change significantly after the AKI e-alert introduction. CONCLUSIONS AKI e-alerts can improve clinical outcomes in hospitalised patients.
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- Jolene Atia
- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Translational Medicine, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Translational Medicine, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Institute of Translational Medicine, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.6572.60000 0004 1936 7486PIONEER: HDR-UK Health Data Research Hub for Acute Care, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.6572.60000 0004 1936 7486HDRUK Better Care Science Priority and Health Data Research UK Midlands, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.415953.f0000 0004 0400 1537Lister Hospital, Stevenage, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.6572.60000 0004 1936 7486School of Medicine, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- grid.412563.70000 0004 0376 6589University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK ,grid.415490.d0000 0001 2177 007XQueen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, B15 2TH UK
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Boyer N, Horne K, Selby NM, Forni LG. Renal medicine in the intensive care unit: a narrative review. Anaesthesia 2023. [PMID: 36632667 DOI: 10.1111/anae.15964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kidney disease, both acute and chronic, is commonly encountered on the intensive care unit. Due to the role the kidneys play in whole body homeostasis, it follows that their dysfunction has wide-ranging implications and can affect prescribing and therapeutic management. This narrative review discusses the pathophysiology of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease, and how this relates to critically unwell patients. We cover several aspects of the management of renal dysfunction on the critical care unit, exploring some of the recurrent themes within the literature, including type and timing of kidney replacement therapy, management of acute kidney injury, as well as discussing how novel biomarkers for acute kidney injury may help to identify patients suffering from acute kidney injury as well as risk stratifying these patients. We discuss how early involvement of specialist nephrology services can improve outcomes in patients with kidney disease as well as offer valuable diagnostic and specialist management advice, particularly for patients with established end stage kidney disease and patients who are already known to nephrology services. We also explore some of the ongoing research questions that need to be answered within this arena.
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- N Boyer
- Department of Critical Care, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK.,Surrey Peri-Operative, Anaesthesia and Critical Care Collaborative Research Group, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK.,Centre for Kidney Research and Innovation, Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK.,Centre for Kidney Research and Innovation, Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, University of Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Critical Care, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK.,Surrey Peri-Operative, Anaesthesia and Critical Care Collaborative Research Group, Royal Surrey Hospital, Guildford, Surrey, UK.,Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK
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Chen H, Avital Y, Mazaki-Tovi M, Aroch I, Segev G. Urinary interleukin-6 is a potentially useful diagnostic and prognostic marker of acute kidney injury in dogs. Vet Rec 2022; 191:e2079. [PMID: 36030370 DOI: 10.1002/vetr.2079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Interleukin-6 (IL6) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine implicated in the pathophysiology of urinary tract diseases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic utilities of urinary IL6 (uIL6) in dogs with acute kidney injury (AKI) and other urinary tract diseases. METHODS Eighty client-owned dogs were included and divided into four groups: AKI, chronic kidney disease (CKD), urinary tract infection and healthy controls. Urine samples were analysed for uIL6 and normalised to urinary creatinine (uIL6/uCr). RESULTS Dogs in the AKI group had higher uIL6/uCr compared with the control and CKD groups (p < 0.001 and 0.012, respectively). Receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of uIL6/uCr as a diagnostic marker for AKI had an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.91 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.81-1.0) with 82% sensitivity and 90% specificity (cutoff point 4.5 pg/mg) when including the AKI and control groups. ROC analysis including AKI compared with all other groups had an AUC of 0.77 (95% CI, 0.67-0.87) for the diagnosis of AKI with sensitivity and specificity of 71% and 78%, respectively (cutoff point 10.4 pg/mg). The 30-day mortality of the AKI group was 34%, and there was no difference in uIL6/uCr between survivors and non-survivors of AKI. CONCLUSIONS uIL6/uCr is a potentially sensitive and specific diagnostic marker for AKI in dogs.
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- Hilla Chen
- Small Animal Internal Medicine Department, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Small Animal Internal Medicine Department, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Small Animal Internal Medicine Department, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Small Animal Internal Medicine Department, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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- Small Animal Internal Medicine Department, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
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Wu L, Hu Y, Zhang X, Yuan B, Chen W, Liu K, Liu M. Temporal dynamics of clinical risk predictors for hospital-acquired acute kidney injury under different forecast time windows. Knowl Based Syst 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2022.108655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Aal-Aaboda M, Abu Raghif AR, Almudhafer RH, Hadi NR. Lipopolysaccharide from Rhodobacter spheroids modulate toll-like receptors expression and tissue damage in an animal model of bilateral renal ischemic reperfusion injury. J Med Life 2022; 15:685-697. [PMID: 35815074 PMCID: PMC9262262 DOI: 10.25122/jml-2021-0255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ischemic reperfusion injury (IRI) of the kidneys is a direct sequela of surgical procedures associated with the interruption of blood supply. The pathophysiology of IRI is complicated, and several inflammatories, apoptosis, and oxidative stress pathways are implicated. Among the major receptors directly involved in renal IRI are the toll-like receptors (TLRs), specifically TLR2 and TLR4. In this study, we investigated the effects of Lipopolysaccharide from Rhodobacter Sphaeroides (TLR2 and TLR4 antagonist, LPS-RS) and the ultrapure form (pure TLR4 antagonist, ULPS-RS) on the histopathological changes and TLRs expression in an animal model of bilateral renal IRI. Forty-eight adult male rats were allocated into six groups (N=8) as follows: sham group (negative control without IRI), control group (rats underwent bilateral renal ischemia for 30 minutes and 2 hours of reperfusion), vehicle group (IRI+ vehicle), LPS-RS group (IRI+ 0.5 mg/kg of LPS-RS), ULPS-RS group (IRI+ 0.1 mg/kg of ULPS-RS), ULPS-RSH group (IRI+ 0.2 mg/kg of ULPS-RS). Significant improvement in the histopathological damages induced by renal IRI was found in the ULPS-RS treated groups at both doses compared with the control group. The protective effect of ULPS-RS was associated with significantly reduced TLR4 expression without affecting TLR2. Regarding LPS-RS, the tested dose adversely affected the renal tissues as manifested by the histopathological findings, although it similarly affected TLRs expression as ULPS-RS. Our results demonstrated that ULPS-RS was renoprotective while LPS-RS had no protective effect against the tissue damages induced by renal IRI.
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- Munaf Aal-Aaboda
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Misan, Amarah, Iraq
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- Middle Euphrates Unit for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq,Corresponding Author: Najah Riesh Hadi, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kufa, Kufa, Iraq. E-mail:
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Tangri N, Ferguson TW. Role of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis and management of kidney disease: applications to chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 2022; 31:283-287. [PMID: 35190505 DOI: 10.1097/mnh.0000000000000787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and acute kidney injury (AKI) are global public health problems associated with a significant burden of morbidity, healthcare resource use, and all-cause mortality. This review explores recently published studies that take a machine learning approach to the diagnosis, management, and prognostication in patients with AKI or CKD. RECENT FINDINGS The release of novel therapeutics for CKD has highlighted the importance of accurately identifying patients at the highest risk of progression. Many models have been constructed with reasonable predictive accuracy but have not been extensively externally validated and peer reviewed. Similarly, machine learning models have been developed for prediction of AKI and have found sufficient accuracy. There are issues to implementing these models, however, with conflicting results with respect to the relationship between prediction of an AKI outcome and improvements in the occurrence of other adverse events, and in some circumstances potential harm. SUMMARY Artificial intelligence models can help guide management of CKD and AKI, but it is important to ensure that they are broadly applicable and generalizable to various settings and associated with improved clinical decision-making and outcomes.
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- Navdeep Tangri
- Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
- Seven Oaks Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
- Seven Oaks Hospital Chronic Disease Innovation Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Jin Y, Zhang M, Li M, Zhang H, Zhang F, Zhang H, Yin Z, Zhou M, Wan X, Li R, Cao C. Generation of Urine-Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Line from Patients with Acute Kidney Injury. Cell Reprogram 2021; 23:290-303. [PMID: 34648385 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2021.0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is mainly characterized by rapid decline of renal function. Currently, the strategy of stem cells might be a therapy to treat AKI. The objective of this study was to obtain human urine-derived cells (HUCs) from patients with AKI, followed by establishing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cell line. We isolated urine cells from patients with AKI and found that the cells could survive long term with epithelioid morphology and maintain a normal karyotype. The cell line had expression of renal-specific markers and renal development-related genes. After induction, the urine cells cotransfecting with TET-ON vectors were converted into iPS cells. The HUC-derived iPS (HUC-iPS) was positive for alkaline phosphatase staining, and had expression of pluripotency markers, consistent with human embryonic fibroblast-derived iPS cell. Notably, HUC-iPS could be induced to undergo directional kidney precursor cells (KPCs) differentiation under defined conditions, and transplantation of KPCs resulted in reducing kidney damage from ischemia-reperfusion injury in mice. Therefore, we successfully established HUC-iPS cell from patients with AKI and provided a novel stem cell resource for cell therapy in AKI.
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- Yong Jin
- Department of Nephrology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Xenotransplantation, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Sir Run Run Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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Huang H, Bai X, Ji F, Xu H, Fu Y, Cao M. Early-Phase Urine Output and Severe-Stage Progression of Oliguric Acute Kidney Injury in Critical Care. Front Med (Lausanne) 2021; 8:711717. [PMID: 34458286 PMCID: PMC8385718 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2021.711717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Background: The relationship between urine output (UO) and severe-stage progression in the early phase of acute kidney injury (AKI) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between early-phase UO6−12h [UO within 6 h after diagnosis of stage 1 AKI by Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) UO criteria] and severe-stage progression of AKI and to identify a reference value of early-phase UO6−12h for guiding initial therapy in critical care. Methods: Adult patients with UO < 0.5 ml/kg/h for the first 6 h after intensive care unit (ICU) admission (meeting stage 1 AKI by UO) and UO6−12h ≥ 0.5 ml/kg/h were identified from the Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC) III database. The primary outcome was progression to stage 2/3 AKI by UO. After other variables were adjusted through multivariate analysis, generalized additive model (GAM) was used to visualize the relationship between early-phase UO6−12h and progression to stage 2/3 AKI by UO. A two-piecewise linear regression model was employed to identify the inflection point of early-phase UO6−12h above which progression risk significantly leveled off. Sensitivity and subgroup analyses were performed to assess the robustness of our findings. Results: Of 2,984 individuals, 1,870 (62.7%) with KDIGO stage 1 UO criteria progressed to stage 2/3 AKI. In the multivariate analysis, early-phase UO6−12h showed a significant association with progression to stage 2/3 AKI by UO (odds ratio, 0.40; 95% confidence interval, 0.34–0.46; p < 0.001). There was a non-linear relationship between early-phase UO6−12h and progression of AKI. Early-phase UO6−12h of 1.1 ml/kg/h was identified as the inflection point, above which progression risk significantly leveled off (p = 0.780). Patients with early-phase UO6−12h ≥ 1.1 ml/kg/h had significantly shorter length of ICU stay (3.82 vs. 4.17 days, p < 0.001) and hospital stay (9.28 vs. 10.43 days, p < 0.001) and lower 30-day mortality (11.05 vs. 18.42%, p < 0.001). The robustness of our findings was confirmed by sensitivity and subgroup analyses. Conclusions: Among early-stage AKI patients in critical care, there was a non-linear relationship between early-phase UO6−12h and progression of AKI. Early-phase UO6−12h of 1.1 ml/kg/h was the inflection point above which progression risk significantly leveled off.
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- Haoquan Huang
- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guanghzhou, China
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Bo CRD, de Paula VP, Strazzi APWB, Wolosker N, Aloia TPA, Mazzeo A, Kaufmann OG. Effect of unilateral renal ischemia on the contralateral kidney assessed by Caspase 3 expression. J Vasc Bras 2021; 20:e20210040. [PMID: 34349794 PMCID: PMC8294808 DOI: 10.1590/1677-5449.210040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Background Studies have demonstrated with histological analysis and Doppler flow measurement analysis that unilateral renal ischemia, which is performed in some surgeries, interfered with the contralateral kidney, identifying the phenomenon of kidney-kidney crosstalk. Objectives To identify the effects on the ischemic and contralateral kidney of renal ischemia induced by two types of clamping technique by analyzing the volume of kidney cells positive for Caspase 3. Methods Sixteen pigs were divided into 2 groups, as follows: A (n = 8) – clamping of left renal artery only and AV (n = 8) – clamping of left renal artery and vein. Immunohistochemical analyses (anti Caspase 3) were conducted with biopsy specimens collected from the ischemic and contralateral kidney at 0, 30, 60, and 90 minutes of ischemia and morphometric analysis was performed, taking the mean to represent the volume of the Caspase 3 positive area (%). Results Morphometric analysis of specimens collected at 30, 60, and 90 minutes of ischemia showed that the mean area marked for Caspase 3 was statistically larger in the contralateral kidney than the ischemic kidney in both groups: clamped renal artery (A) and clamped renal artery and vein (AV). Comparing the ischemic and contralateral kidney, there was no statistically significant difference in the area marked for Caspase 3 between the two types of clamping. Conclusions In the experimental model of unilateral renal ischemia, the non-ischemic kidney exhibited cell damage, demonstrated by Caspase 3 expression. The type of hilum clamping does not appear to influence the area marked for Caspase 3.
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- Carolina Rodrigues Dal Bo
- Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein - FICSAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - HIAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein - FICSAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - HIAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Faculdade Israelita de Ciências da Saúde Albert Einstein - FICSAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - HIAE, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa - IIEP, Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa - IIEP, Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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- Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa - IIEP, Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.,Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
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Katagiri D, Wang F, Gore JC, Harris RC, Takahashi T. Clinical and experimental approaches for imaging of acute kidney injury. Clin Exp Nephrol 2021; 25:685-699. [PMID: 33835326 PMCID: PMC8154759 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-021-02055-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Complex molecular cell dynamics in acute kidney injury and its heterogeneous etiologies in patient populations in clinical settings have revealed the potential advantages and disadvantages of emerging novel damage biomarkers. Imaging techniques have been developed over the past decade to further our understanding about diseased organs, including the kidneys. Understanding the compositional, structural, and functional changes in damaged kidneys via several imaging modalities would enable a more comprehensive analysis of acute kidney injury, including its risks, diagnosis, and prognosis. This review summarizes recent imaging studies for acute kidney injury and discusses their potential utility in clinical settings.
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- Daisuke Katagiri
- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, S-3223 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
- Department of Nephrology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8655, Japan.
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt In Vivo Mouse Kidney Imaging Core, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt In Vivo Mouse Kidney Imaging Core, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, S-3223 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, S-3223 MCN, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
- Vanderbilt In Vivo Mouse Kidney Imaging Core, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Wu L, Hu Y, Zhang X, Chen W, Yu ASL, Kellum JA, Waitman LR, Liu M. Changing relative risk of clinical factors for hospital-acquired acute kidney injury across age groups: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Nephrol 2020; 21:321. [PMID: 32741377 PMCID: PMC7397647 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-020-01980-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Background Likelihood of developing acute kidney injury (AKI) increases with age. We aimed to explore whether the predictability of AKI varies between age groups and assess the volatility of risk factors using electronic medical records (EMR). Methods We constructed a retrospective cohort of adult patients from all inpatient units of a tertiary care academic hospital and stratified it into four age groups: 18–35, 36–55, 56–65, and > 65. Potential risk factors collected from EMR for the study cohort included demographics, vital signs, medications, laboratory values, past medical diagnoses, and admission diagnoses. AKI was defined based on the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) serum creatinine criteria. We analyzed relative importance of the risk factors in predicting AKI using Gradient Boosting Machine algorithm and explored the predictability of AKI across age groups using multiple machine learning models. Results In our cohort, older patients showed a significantly higher incidence of AKI than younger adults: 18–35 (7.29%), 36–55 (8.82%), 56–65 (10.53%), and > 65 (10.55%) (p < 0.001). However, the predictability of AKI decreased with age, where the best cross-validated area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) achieved for age groups 18–35, 36–55, 56–65, and > 65 were 0.784 (95% CI, 0.769–0.800), 0.766 (95% CI, 0.754–0.777), 0.754 (95% CI, 0.741–0.768), and 0.725 (95% CI, 0.709–0.737), respectively. We also observed that the relative risk of AKI predictors fluctuated between age groups. Conclusions As complexity of the cases increases with age, it is more difficult to quantify AKI risk for older adults in inpatient population.
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- Lijuan Wu
- Big Data Decision Institute (BDDI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Big Data Precision Healthcare, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Big Data Decision Institute (BDDI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Big Data Precision Healthcare, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Big Data Decision Institute (BDDI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Big Data Precision Healthcare, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Big Data Decision Institute (BDDI), Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China.,Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Big Data Precision Healthcare, Guangzhou, 510632, China
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and the Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA
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- Center for Critical Care Nephrology, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, 15260, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 66160, USA.
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Kopitkó C, Gondos T, Fülöp T, Medve L. Reinterpreting Renal Hemodynamics: The Importance of Venous Congestion and Effective Organ Perfusion in Acute Kidney Injury. Am J Med Sci 2020; 359:193-205. [PMID: 32089228 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 11/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The significance of effective renal perfusion is relatively underemphasized in the current literature. From a renal standpoint, besides optimizing cardiac output, renal perfusion should be maximized as well. Among the several additional variables of the critically ill, such as intra-abdominal pressure, the presence of venous congestion and elevated central venous pressures, airway pressures generated by mechanical ventilation do affect net renal perfusion. These forces represent both a potential danger and an ongoing opportunity to improve renal outcomes in the critically ill and an opportunity to move beyond the simplified viewpoint of optimizing volume status. Therefore, to optimize nephron-protective therapies, nephrologists and intensive care physicians should be familiar with the concept of net renal perfusion pressure. This review appraises the background literature on renal perfusion pressure, including the initial animal data and historical human studies up to the most current developments in the field, exploring potential avenues to assess and improve renal blood supply.
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- Csaba Kopitkó
- Intensive Care Unit, Uzsoki Teaching Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Oxyology and Emergency Care, Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina; Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Intensive Care Unit, Markhot Ferenc Hospital, Eger, Hungary
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Malakasioti G, Alders N, Lucchini G, Cheng IL, Bockenhauer D. Acute kidney injury in an infant with severe combined immunodeficiency: Answers. Pediatr Nephrol 2019; 34:2541-2544. [PMID: 31313001 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-019-04303-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Georgia Malakasioti
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
- Renal Unit, P. & A. Kyriakou Children's Hospital, Thivon and Levadeias Street, 11527, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Chiofolo C, Chbat N, Ghosh E, Eshelman L, Kashani K. Automated Continuous Acute Kidney Injury Prediction and Surveillance: A Random Forest Model. Mayo Clin Proc 2019; 94:783-792. [PMID: 31054606 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 02/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To develop and validate a prediction model of acute kidney injury (AKI) of any severity that could be used for AKI surveillance and management to improve clinical outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS This retrospective cohort study was conducted in medical, surgical, and mixed intensive care units (ICUs) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, including adult (≥18 years of age) ICU-unique patients admitted between October 1, 2004, and April 30, 2011. Our primary objective was prediction of AKI using extant clinical data following ICU admission. We used random forest classification to provide continuous AKI risk score. RESULTS We included 4572 and 1958 patients in the training and validation mutually exclusive cohorts, respectively. Acute kidney injury occurred in 1355 patients (30%) in the training cohort and 580 (30%) in the validation cohort. We incorporated known AKI risk factors and routinely measured vital characteristics and laboratory results. The model was run throughout ICU admission every 15 minutes and achieved an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.88 on validation. It was 92% sensitive and 68% specific and detected 30% of AKI cases at least 6 hours before the criterion standard time (AKI stages 1-3). For discrimination of AKI stages 2 to 3, the model had 91% sensitivity, 71% specificity, and 53% detection of AKI cases at least 6 hours before AKI onset. CONCLUSION We developed and validated an AKI prediction model using random forest for continuous monitoring of ICU patients. This model could be used to identify high-risk patients for preventive measures or identifying patients of prospective interventional trials.
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- Caitlyn Chiofolo
- Philips Research North America, Cambridge, MA; Quadrus Medical Technologies, Inc, New York, NY
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- Philips Research North America, Cambridge, MA; Quadrus Medical Technologies, Inc, New York, NY
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- Philips Research North America, Cambridge, MA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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Zhang Z, Ho KM, Hong Y. Machine learning for the prediction of volume responsiveness in patients with oliguric acute kidney injury in critical care. Crit Care 2019; 23:112. [PMID: 30961662 PMCID: PMC6454725 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-019-2411-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 03/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Excess fluid balance in acute kidney injury (AKI) may be harmful, and conversely, some patients may respond to fluid challenges. This study aimed to develop a prediction model that can be used to differentiate between volume-responsive (VR) and volume-unresponsive (VU) AKI. METHODS AKI patients with urine output < 0.5 ml/kg/h for the first 6 h after ICU admission and fluid intake > 5 l in the following 6 h in the US-based critical care database (Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care (MIMIC-III)) were considered. Patients who received diuretics and renal replacement on day 1 were excluded. Two predictive models, using either machine learning extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) or logistic regression, were developed to predict urine output > 0.65 ml/kg/h during 18 h succeeding the initial 6 h for assessing oliguria. Established models were assessed by using out-of-sample validation. The whole sample was split into training and testing samples by the ratio of 3:1. MAIN RESULTS Of the 6682 patients included in the analysis, 2456 (36.8%) patients were volume responsive with an increase in urine output after receiving > 5 l fluid. Urinary creatinine, blood urea nitrogen (BUN), age, and albumin were the important predictors of VR. The machine learning XGBoost model outperformed the traditional logistic regression model in differentiating between the VR and VU groups (AU-ROC, 0.860; 95% CI, 0.842 to 0.878 vs. 0.728; 95% CI 0.703 to 0.753, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The XGBoost model was able to differentiate between patients who would and would not respond to fluid intake in urine output better than a traditional logistic regression model. This result suggests that machine learning techniques have the potential to improve the development and validation of predictive modeling in critical care research.
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- Zhongheng Zhang
- 0000 0004 1759 700Xgrid.13402.34Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 3, East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016 Zhejiang Province China
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- 0000 0004 1936 7910grid.1012.2School of Population and Global Health, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
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- 0000 0004 1759 700Xgrid.13402.34Department of Emergency Medicine, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, No. 3, East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, 310016 Zhejiang Province China
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The impact of the NHS electronic-alert system on the recognition and management of acute kidney injury in acute medicine. Clin Med (Lond) 2019; 19:109-113. [PMID: 30872290 PMCID: PMC6454355 DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-2-109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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To address inconsistencies in the recognition and management of acute kidney injury (AKI), an electronic-alert (e-alert) system was implemented by NHS England in 2015. This study aimed to describe its impact within acute medicine in the West Midlands. All admissions to included acute medical units were screened for AKI in two phases, before and after the e-alert was introduced. Data describing recognition and management of patients with AKI were collected. In the 10 units that participated in both phases, recognition of AKI by clinicians significantly improved from 67.9% in 2015 to 76.1% in 2016 (p=0.04). Further analysis of the data found that the presence of an e-alert had a limited effect on recognition and management, suggesting it was not the primary cause of the improvements. Multiple avenues of research have been recommended to clarify the impact of the e-alert system and to improve deficiencies in management that were identified in the data.
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- West Midlands Acute Medicine Collaborative
- West Midlands Acute Medicine Collaborative comprises Omar Bani-Saad, Adam Seccombe, Paarul Prinja, Joseph Wheeler, Azeez Olajide, Hadiza Suleiman Gachi, Amie Burbridge, Hesham Kaawan, Mary E Packer, Clare Pollard, Clare Philliskirk, Tyrone Lightbody, Andrea Adjetey, Donna Best, Umar Rahim Bakhsh, Marwa Mattar, Mohammad Saim, Babatunde Adewunmi, Zoe Kimbley, Shelley Raveendran, Ashesh Saha, Paul Francis Spencer Vincent, Charlotte Victoria Reed, Ibrahim Malik, Pradeep Mallisetty, Lois Houlders, Angela Perrett, Alison Pullen, Alison Eastaugh, Alessandra De Serio, Harjinder Kaur Kainth, Craig Pascoe, Saad Arshad Rana, Oloruntoba Fayeye, Llinos Carys Evans, Ranjit Bains, Thomas Holyoake, Leah Jones, Matthew JW Kain, Ibrahim Mustapha, Gregory Packer and Adam Ryder. Author contributions and affiliations can be found in supplementary material S1
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Doi K, Nishida O, Shigematsu T, Sadahiro T, Itami N, Iseki K, Yuzawa Y, Okada H, Koya D, Kiyomoto H, Shibagaki Y, Matsuda K, Kato A, Hayashi T, Ogawa T, Tsukamoto T, Noiri E, Negi S, Kamei K, Kitayama H, Kashihara N, Moriyama T, Terada Y. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guideline for acute kidney injury 2016. RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY 2018. [DOI: 10.1186/s41100-018-0177-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Chen H, Avital Y, Bruchim Y, Aroch I, Segev G. Urinary heat shock protein-72: A novel marker of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in cats. Vet J 2018; 243:77-81. [PMID: 30606443 DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) in cats is associated with high mortality, partially attributed to late recognition of the disease when using currently available markers. Feline chronic kidney disease (CKD) has a variable progression rate. This study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of urinary heat shock protein-72 to urinary creatinine ratio (uHSP72:uCr) as a diagnostic and prognostic marker in feline AKI, and as a prognostic indicator in feline CKD. The study included 63 cats, divided into five groups: healthy controls (n=10), urethral obstruction (UO; n=7), CKD (n=15), AKI (16 cats) and acute decompensating CKD (ACKD; n=15). Median uHSP72:uCr (ng/mg) of healthy, UO, CKD, AKI and ACKD cats were 0.44 (range, 0.13-1.1), 1.96 (range, 0.64-11.9), 4.2ng/mg (range, 0.57-22.16), 3.2 (range, 0.42-10.91) and 7.0 (range, 1.2-20.96), respectively, and differed (P<0.001) among groups. uHSP72:uCr was significantly lower in the controls vs. the CKD, AKI and ACKD groups. Receiver operator characteristic analysis of uHSP72:uCr, including the AKI and control groups, showed an area under the curve of 0.93 (95% confidence interval, 0.84-1.00), indicating an excellent predictive performance for diagnosing AKI. A 0.54ng/mg cutoff point corresponded to 94% sensitivity and 70% specificity for diagnosing AKI. The median survival time of cats with CKD with low uHSP72:uCr was longer (P=0.036) than in those with high uHSP72:uCr (561 vs. 112 days, respectively). uHSP72:uCr is a highly sensitive, moderately specific marker of AKI in cats, and is associated with the survival of cats with CKD.
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- H Chen
- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 761001, Israel.
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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- Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, Rehovot, 761001, Israel
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Coelho S, Cabral G, Lopes JA, Jacinto A. Renal regeneration after acute kidney injury. Nephrology (Carlton) 2018; 23:805-814. [PMID: 29575280 DOI: 10.1111/nep.13256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Acute kidney injury is common and associated with negative renal and patient outcomes. The human kidney has a real but limited regeneration capacity. Understanding renal regeneration may allow us to manipulate this process and thus develop therapeutic weapons to improve patients' outcome. In the first part of this paper we discuss the clinical factors associated with renal recovery: baseline patient particularities, acute kidney injury characteristics and the medical approach taken in the short and long-term. In the second part, the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying renal regeneration are explored. The immune system seems to have an important role, first promoting inflammation and then tissue healing. Other players, such as cellular senescence, mitochondrial dysfunction, renal haemodynamics and metabolic reprogramming also have a role in renal regeneration. We aim to develop a short review of renal regeneration, offering a holistic view of this process.
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- Silvia Coelho
- Intensive Care Department, Hospital Fernando Fonseca, EPE, Amadora, Portugal.,CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Division of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Department of Medicine Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CEDOC - Chronic Diseases Research Center, NOVA Medical School, NOVA University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Doi K, Nishida O, Shigematsu T, Sadahiro T, Itami N, Iseki K, Yuzawa Y, Okada H, Koya D, Kiyomoto H, Shibagaki Y, Matsuda K, Kato A, Hayashi T, Ogawa T, Tsukamoto T, Noiri E, Negi S, Kamei K, Kitayama H, Kashihara N, Moriyama T, Terada Y. The Japanese clinical practice guideline for acute kidney injury 2016. Clin Exp Nephrol 2018; 22:985-1045. [PMID: 30039479 PMCID: PMC6154171 DOI: 10.1007/s10157-018-1600-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome which has a broad range of etiologic factors depending on different clinical settings. Because AKI has significant impacts on prognosis in any clinical settings, early detection and intervention is necessary to improve the outcomes of AKI patients. This clinical guideline for AKI was developed by a multidisciplinary approach with nephrology, intensive care medicine, blood purification, and pediatrics. Of note, clinical practice for AKI management which was widely performed in Japan was also evaluated with comprehensive literature search.
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- Kent Doi
- Department of Acute Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Kidney Center, Nikko Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Clinical Research Support Center, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Anticipatory Molecular Food Science and Technology, Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanawaza, Ishikawa, Japan
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- Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Yamanashi School of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Blood Purification Unit, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Nephrology and Blood Purification, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Health Care Division, Health and Counseling Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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Doi K, Nishida O, Shigematsu T, Sadahiro T, Itami N, Iseki K, Yuzawa Y, Okada H, Koya D, Kiyomoto H, Shibagaki Y, Matsuda K, Kato A, Hayashi T, Ogawa T, Tsukamoto T, Noiri E, Negi S, Kamei K, Kitayama H, Kashihara N, Moriyama T, Terada Y. The Japanese Clinical Practice Guideline for acute kidney injury 2016. J Intensive Care 2018; 6:48. [PMID: 30123509 PMCID: PMC6088399 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-018-0308-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a syndrome which has a broad range of etiologic factors depending on different clinical settings. Because AKI has significant impacts on prognosis in any clinical settings, early detection and intervention are necessary to improve the outcomes of AKI patients. This clinical guideline for AKI was developed by a multidisciplinary approach with nephrology, intensive care medicine, blood purification, and pediatrics. Of note, clinical practice for AKI management which was widely performed in Japan was also evaluated with comprehensive literature search.
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- Kent Doi
- Department of Acute Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Chiba, Japan
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- Kidney Center, Department of Surgery, Nikko Memorial Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Clinical Research Support Center, Tomishiro Central Hospital, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and General Internal Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Anticipatory Molecular Food Science and Technology, Department of Diabetology and Endocrinology, Kanazawa Medical University, Kanawaza, Ishikawa Japan
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- Department of Community Medical Supports, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Japan
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- Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, University of Yamanashi School of Medicine, Yamanashi, Japan
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- Blood Purification Unit, Hamamatsu University Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Department of Kidney Disease and Hypertension, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Nephrology and Blood Purification, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Division of Nephrology and Rheumatology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan
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- Health Care Division, Health and Counseling Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, 783-8505 Japan
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Troìa R, Gruarin M, Grisetti C, Serafini F, Magna L, Monari E, Giunti M, Dondi F. Fractional excretion of electrolytes in volume-responsive and intrinsic acute kidney injury in dogs: Diagnostic and prognostic implications. J Vet Intern Med 2018; 32:1372-1382. [PMID: 29770972 PMCID: PMC6060310 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.15146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Revised: 02/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background The value of fractional excretion (FE) of electrolytes to characterize and prognosticate acute kidney injury (AKI) is poorly documented in dogs. Objectives To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic roles of FE of electrolytes in dogs with AKI. Animals Dogs (n = 135) with AKI treated with standard care (February 2014‐December 2016). Methods Prospective study. Clinical and laboratory variables including FE of electrolytes, were measured upon admission. Dogs were graded according to the AKI‐IRIS guidelines and grouped according to AKI features (volume‐responsive, VR‐AKI; intrinsic, I‐AKI) and outcome (survivors/non‐survivors). Group comparison and regression analyses with hazard ratios (HR) evaluation for I‐AKI and mortality were performed. P < .05 was considered significant. Results Fifty‐two of 135 (39%) dogs had VR‐AKI, 69/135 (51%) I‐AKI and 14/135 (10%) were unclassified. I‐AKI dogs had significantly higher FE of electrolytes, for example, FE of sodium (FENa, %) 2.39 (range 0.04‐75.81) than VR‐AKI ones 0.24 (range 0.01‐2.21; P < .001). Overall, case fatality was 41% (55/135). Increased FE of electrolytes were detected in nonsurvivors, for example, FENa 1.60 (range 0.03‐75.81) compared with survivors 0.60 (range 0.01‐50.45; P = .004). Several risk factors for death were identified, including AKI‐IRIS grade (HR = 1.39, P = .002), FE of electrolytes, for example, FENa (HR = 1.03, P < .001), and urinary output (HR = 5.06, P < .001). Conclusions and Clinical Importance Fractional excretion of electrolytes performed well in the early differentiation between VR‐AKI and I‐AKI, were related to outcome, and could be useful tools to manage AKI dogs in clinical practice.
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- Roberta Troìa
- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Via Tolara di Sopra 50, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Bologna, Italy
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Evans RG, Lankadeva YR, Cochrane AD, Marino B, Iguchi N, Zhu MZL, Hood SG, Smith JA, Bellomo R, Gardiner BS, Lee C, Smith DW, May CN. Renal haemodynamics and oxygenation during and after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2018; 222. [PMID: 29127739 DOI: 10.1111/apha.12995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Revised: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication following cardiac surgery performed on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and has important implications for prognosis. The aetiology of cardiac surgery-associated AKI is complex, but renal hypoxia, particularly in the medulla, is thought to play at least some role. There is strong evidence from studies in experimental animals, clinical observations and computational models that medullary ischaemia and hypoxia occur during CPB. There are no validated methods to monitor or improve renal oxygenation during CPB, and thus possibly decrease the risk of AKI. Attempts to reduce the incidence of AKI by early transfusion to ameliorate intra-operative anaemia, refinement of protocols for cooling and rewarming on bypass, optimization of pump flow and arterial pressure, or the use of pulsatile flow, have not been successful to date. This may in part reflect the complexity of renal oxygenation, which may limit the effectiveness of individual interventions. We propose a multi-disciplinary pathway for translation comprising three components. Firstly, large-animal models of CPB to continuously monitor both whole kidney and regional kidney perfusion and oxygenation. Secondly, computational models to obtain information that can be used to interpret the data and develop rational interventions. Thirdly, clinically feasible non-invasive methods to continuously monitor renal oxygenation in the operating theatre and to identify patients at risk of AKI. In this review, we outline the recent progress on each of these fronts.
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- R. G. Evans
- Cardiovascular Disease Program Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Physiology Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health University of Melbourne Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
- Department of Surgery School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Perfusion Services Austin Hospital Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health University of Melbourne Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
- Department of Surgery School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health University of Melbourne Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
- Department of Surgery School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Monash University Melbourne Vic. Australia
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- Department of Intensive Care Austin Hospital Heidelberg Vic. Australia
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- School of Engineering and Information Technology Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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- School of Engineering and Information Technology Murdoch University Perth WA Australia
- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences The University of Western Australia Perth WA Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health University of Melbourne Melbourne Vic. Australia
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Chronic kidney disease-associated cardiovascular disease: scope and limitations of animal models. Cardiovasc Endocrinol 2017; 6:120-127. [PMID: 31646129 DOI: 10.1097/xce.0000000000000132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a heterogeneous range of disorders affecting up to 11% of the world's population. The majority of patients with CKD die of cardiovascular disease (CVD) before progressing to end-stage renal disease. CKD patients have an increased risk of atherosclerotic disease as well as a unique cardiovascular phenotype. There remains no clear aetiology for these issues and a better understanding of the pathophysiology of CKD-associated CVD is urgently needed. Although nonanimal studies can provide insights into the nature of disease, the whole-organism nature of CKD-associated CVD means that high-quality animal models, at least for the immediate future, are likely to remain a key tool in improving our understanding in this area. We will discuss the methods used to induce renal impairment in rodents and the methods available to assess cardiovascular phenotype and in each case describe the applicability to humans.
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Bevc S, Ekart R, Hojs R. The assessment of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients. Eur J Intern Med 2017; 45:54-58. [PMID: 28982602 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 09/28/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in critically ill patients and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. The availability of several biomarkers of kidney injury offers new tools for its early recognition and management. The early identification of high-risk patients provides an opportunity to develop strategies for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of AKI. Despite progress in critical care medicine over the past decade, the treatment strategies for AKI in critically ill patients, such as when to start renal replacement therapy, remain controversial. A recently proposed risk prediction score for AKI, based on routinely available clinical variables, presents a new means of identifying patients at high risk of AKI.
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- Sebastjan Bevc
- Clinic for Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
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- Department of Dialysis, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
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- Clinic for Internal Medicine, Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
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Babar F, Singh G, Noor M, Sabath B. Retrospective analysis of inferior vena cava collapsibility with point of care ultrasound and urine sodium and FENa in patients with early stage acute kidney injury. J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect 2017; 7:296-299. [PMID: 29147470 PMCID: PMC5676799 DOI: 10.1080/20009666.2017.1378048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Early stage acute kidney injury (AKI) is an independent risk factor for an increase in mortality. Accurate assessment of volume status is a major challenge during the early stages of acute renal injury. Determining volume status based on the history and physical exam lacks accuracy. Urine sodium and free excretion of sodium (FENa) provide objective evidence of intravascular volume status when interpreted carefully and is helpful to delineate prerenal from intrinsic renal failure. In recent years point of care ultrasound has been used to assess volume status. Our team conducted a retrospective chart review to assess the association of inferior vena cava collapsibility by point of care ultrasound (POCUS) and urine electrolytes (urine sodium, fractional excretion of sodium) during early stage AKI (Stage 1–2 of KDIGO guidelines). We reviewed 150 cases based on the provisional diagnosis. 36 patients met the criteria for further review. Using bivariate analysis, we found a strong association between >50% IVC collapsibility with FENa < 0.4% with an odds ratio 5.3 (CI 1.1–24.5, p = 0.04), and urine sodium <20 meq/dl with an odds ratio of 6.7 (Cl 1.5–30, p = 0.02). Subsequently, multivariate analysis and Spearman correlation showed an inverse relation between IVC collapsibility and fractional excretion of sodium FENa (β = −0.4, p = 0.001) and (r = −0.44, p = 0.01). These findings suggest the role of POCUS and urinary markers in determining the intravascular volume status in AKI. POCUS is also valuable to assess volume status in cases of renal failure where urine studies are difficult to interpret.
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- Faizan Babar
- Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, MD, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, MD, USA
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Joannidis M, Druml W, Forni LG, Groeneveld ABJ, Honore PM, Hoste E, Ostermann M, Oudemans-van Straaten HM, Schetz M. Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit: update 2017 : Expert opinion of the Working Group on Prevention, AKI section, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 2017; 43:730-749. [PMID: 28577069 PMCID: PMC5487598 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4832-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute kidney injury (AKI) in the intensive care unit is associated with significant mortality and morbidity. OBJECTIVES To determine and update previous recommendations for the prevention of AKI, specifically the role of fluids, diuretics, inotropes, vasopressors/vasodilators, hormonal and nutritional interventions, sedatives, statins, remote ischaemic preconditioning and care bundles. METHOD A systematic search of the literature was performed for studies published between 1966 and March 2017 using these potential protective strategies in adult patients at risk of AKI. The following clinical conditions were considered: major surgery, critical illness, sepsis, shock, exposure to potentially nephrotoxic drugs and radiocontrast. Clinical endpoints included incidence or grade of AKI, the need for renal replacement therapy and mortality. Studies were graded according to the international GRADE system. RESULTS We formulated 12 recommendations, 13 suggestions and seven best practice statements. The few strong recommendations with high-level evidence are mostly against the intervention in question (starches, low-dose dopamine, statins in cardiac surgery). Strong recommendations with lower-level evidence include controlled fluid resuscitation with crystalloids, avoiding fluid overload, titration of norepinephrine to a target MAP of 65-70 mmHg (unless chronic hypertension) and not using diuretics or levosimendan for kidney protection solely. CONCLUSION The results of recent randomised controlled trials have allowed the formulation of new recommendations and/or increase the strength of previous recommendations. On the other hand, in many domains the available evidence remains insufficient, resulting from the limited quality of the clinical trials and the poor reporting of kidney outcomes.
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- M Joannidis
- Division of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey and Surrey Perioperative Anaesthesia and Critical Care Collaborative Research Group (SPACeR), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Egerton Road, Guildford, GU2 7XX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Intensive Care, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Critical Care and Nephrology, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Adult Intensive Care, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Clinical Department and Laboratory of Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven University, Leuven, Belgium
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Fluid management in acute kidney injury. Intensive Care Med 2017; 43:807-815. [DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4817-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Cerdá J, Mohan S, Garcia-Garcia G, Jha V, Samavedam S, Gowrishankar S, Bagga A, Chakravarthi R, Mehta R. Acute Kidney Injury Recognition in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Kidney Int Rep 2017; 2:530-543. [PMID: 29034358 PMCID: PMC5637391 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2017.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly common around the world. Because of the low availability of effective therapies and resource limitations, early preventive and therapeutic measures are essential to decrease morbidity, mortality, and cost. Timely recognition and diagnosis of AKI requires a heightened degree of suspicion in the appropriate clinical and environmental context. In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), early detection is impaired by limited resources and low awareness. In this article, we report the consensus recommendations of the 18th Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative meeting in Hyderabad, India, on how to improve recognition of AKI. We expect these recommendations will lead to an earlier and more accurate diagnosis of AKI, and improved research to promote a better understanding of the epidemiology, etiology, and histopathology of AKI in LMICs.
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- Jorge Cerdá
- Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
- Correspondence: Jorge Cerdá, MD, MS, FACP, FASN, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12209.Division of NephrologyDepartment of MedicineAlbany Medical CollegeAlbanyNY 12209
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- Department of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
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- Nephrology Service, Hospital Civil de Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde,” Hospital 278, Guadalajara, Mexico
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- George Institute for Global Health India, New Delhi and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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Histone deacetylase–mediated silencing of AMWAP expression contributes to cisplatin nephrotoxicity. Kidney Int 2017; 89:317-26. [PMID: 26509586 PMCID: PMC4848209 DOI: 10.1038/ki.2015.326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury is a serious problem in cancer patients during treatment of solid tumors. Currently, there are no therapies available to treat or prevent cisplatin nephrotoxicity. Since histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition augments cisplatin anti-tumor activity, we tested whether HDAC inhibitors can prevent cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity and determined the underlying mechanism. Cisplatin upregulated the expression of several HDACs in the kidney. Inhibition of HDAC with clinically used trichostatin A suppressed cisplatin-induced kidney injury, inflammation, and epithelial cell apoptosis. Moreover, trichostatin A upregulated the novel anti-inflammatory protein, activated microglia/macrophage WAP domain protein (AMWAP), in epithelial cells which was enhanced with cisplatin treatment. Interestingly, HDAC1 and -2 specific inhibitors are sufficient to potently upregulate AMWAP in epithelial cells. Administration of recombinant AMWAP or its epithelial cell-specific overexpression reduced cisplatin-induced kidney dysfunction. Moreover, AMWAP treatment suppressed epithelial cell apoptosis, and siRNA-based knockdown of AMWAP expression abolished trichostatin A-mediated suppression of epithelial cell apoptosis in vitro. Thus, HDAC-mediated silencing of AMWAP may contribute to cisplatin nephrotoxicity. Hence, HDAC1 and -2 specific inhibitors or AMWAP could be useful therapeutic agents for the prevention of cisplatin nephrotoxicity.
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Farooqi S, Dickhout JG. Major comorbid disease processes associated with increased incidence of acute kidney injury. World J Nephrol 2016; 5:139-146. [PMID: 26981437 PMCID: PMC4777784 DOI: 10.5527/wjn.v5.i2.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Revised: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly seen amongst critically ill and hospitalized patients. Individuals with certain co-morbid diseases have an increased risk of developing AKI. Thus, recognizing the co-morbidities that predispose patients to AKI is important in AKI prevention and treatment. Some of the most common co-morbid disease processes that increase the risk of AKI are diabetes, cancer, cardiac surgery and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). This review article identifies the increased risk of acquiring AKI with given co-morbid diseases. Furthermore, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying AKI in relation to co-morbid diseases are discussed to understand how the risk of acquiring AKI is increased. This paper reviews the effects of various co-morbid diseases including: Diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease and HIV AIDS, which all exhibit a significant increased risk of developing AKI. Amongst these co-morbid diseases, inflammation, the use of nephrotoxic agents, and hypoperfusion to the kidneys have been shown to be major pathological processes that predisposes individuals to AKI. The pathogenesis of kidney injury is complex, however, effective treatment of the co-morbid disease processes may reduce its risk. Therefore, improved management of co-morbid diseases may prevent some of the underlying pathology that contributes to the increased risk of developing AKI.
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Menon S, Goldstein SL, Mottes T, Fei L, Kaddourah A, Terrell T, Arnold P, Bennett MR, Basu RK. Urinary biomarker incorporation into the renal angina index early in intensive care unit admission optimizes acute kidney injury prediction in critically ill children: a prospective cohort study. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2016; 31:586-94. [PMID: 26908772 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfv457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The inconsistent ability of novel biomarkers to predict acute kidney injury (AKI) across heterogeneous patients and illnesses limits integration into routine practice. We previously retrospectively validated the ability of the renal angina index (RAI) to risk-stratify patients and provide context for confirmatory serum biomarker testing for the prediction of severe AKI. METHODS We conducted this first prospective study of renal angina to determine whether the RAI on the day of admission (Day0) risk-stratified critically ill children for 'persistent, severe AKI' on Day 3 (Day3-AKI: KDIGO Stage 2-3) and whether incorporation of urinary biomarkers in the RAI model optimized AKI prediction. RESULTS A total of 184 consecutive patients (52.7% male) were included. Day0 renal angina was present (RAI ≥8) in 60 (32.6%) patients and was associated with longer duration of mechanical ventilation (P = 0.04), higher number of organ failure days (P = 0.003) and increased mortality (P < 0.001) than in patients with absence of renal angina. Day3-AKI was present in 15/156 (9.6%) patients; 12/15 (80%) fulfilled Day0 renal angina. Incorporation of urinary biomarkers into the RAI model increased the specificity and positive likelihood, and demonstrated net reclassification improvement (P < 0.001) for the prediction of Day3-AKI. Inclusion of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin increased the area under the curve receiver-operating characteristic of RAI for Day3-AKI from 0.80 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.58, 1.00] to 0.97 (95% CI: 0.93, 1.00). CONCLUSIONS We have now prospectively validated the RAI as a functional risk stratification methodology in a heterogeneous group of critically ill patients, providing context to direct measurement of novel urinary biomarkers and improving the prediction of severe persistent AKI.
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- Shina Menon
- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Center for Acute Care Nephrology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA Division of Critical Care, Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Kaushik M, Choo JCJ. Serum uric acid and AKI: is it time? Clin Kidney J 2015; 9:48-50. [PMID: 26798460 PMCID: PMC4720205 DOI: 10.1093/ckj/sfv127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a well-recognized complication in hospitalized patients, with associated mortality and morbidity. Studies that aim to prevent or reverse AKI using pharmacological and interventional therapies in clinical practice have been disappointing. Work is continuing to identify potentially modifiable risk factors for AKI. Early identification and modification of these risk factors may help prevent or favorably influence the outcome of AKI. The role of uric acid as a potential risk factor is being revisited in chronic kidney disease and AKI. Apart from the established crystal precipitation with profound hyperuricemia, various non-crystal mechanisms have also been proposed in the pathogenesis of AKI. The association of serum uric acid levels with the development of AKI has been reported in various clinical settings. Together, the results of these studies highlight hyperuricemia as a potential risk factor of AKI and the need for further work on this subject.
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- Manish Kaushik
- Department of Renal Medicine , Singapore General Hospital , Singapore
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Saeidi B, Koralkar R, Griffin RL, Halloran B, Ambalavanan N, Askenazi D. Impact of gestational age, sex, and postnatal age on urine biomarkers in premature neonates. Pediatr Nephrol 2015; 30:2037-44. [PMID: 26001700 PMCID: PMC4581905 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-015-3129-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Revised: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Urine proteins may help in understanding physiology and diagnosing disease in premature infants. Determining how urine proteins vary by degree of prematurity, sex, and postnatal day is warranted. METHODS We performed a prospective cohort study to assess the independent correlation of 14 urine biomarkers (measured on postnatal days 1-4) with gestational age (GA), sex, and postnatal age in 81 premature infants (mean, 1017 g) without acute kidney injury using a random-effects mixed model. RESULTS Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) showed significant associations for sex, GA, and postnatal age. Cystatin C, osteopontin (OPN), and trefoil factor 3 (TFF3) were associated with postnatal age and GA, but not sex. Epithelial growth factor (EGF) and uromodulin were associated with GA only. Clusterin was associated with postnatal age and sex. Albumin was associated with sex only. Beta-2-microglbulin (B2M), osteoactivin, kidney injury molecule -1 (KIM-1), and alpha glutathione S-transferase (αGST) were associated with postnatal age only. CONCLUSIONS Postnatal age affects B2M, cystatin C, NGAL, OPN, clusterin, Kim-1, osteoactivin, TFF3, VEGF, αGST. GA affects cystatin C, EGF, NGAL, OPN, UMOD, TFF3, and VEGF. Sex affects albumin, NGAL, and clusterin. Interpretation of urine biomarkers will need to account for these associations.
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- Behtash Saeidi
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
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- Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35233,Corresponding author: David Askenazi, MD, MSPH, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, 1600 7th Ave S, Lowder 516, Birmingham, AL 35233, United States. Phone: (+1) 205-638-9781. Fax:(+1) 205-975-7051.
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Ren H, Zhou X, Dai D, Liu X, Wang L, Zhou Y, Luo X, Cai Q. Assessment of urinary kidney injury molecule-1 and interleukin-18 in the early post-burn period to predict acute kidney injury for various degrees of burn injury. BMC Nephrol 2015; 16:142. [PMID: 26283194 PMCID: PMC4538745 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-015-0140-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Background Burn patients with AKI have a higher mortality, rapid diagnosis and early treatment of AKI are necessary. Recent studies have demonstrated that urinary KIM-1 and IL-18 are potential biomarkers of early-stage AKI, however, changes in urinary KIM-1 and IL-18 levels are unclear in patients with burns. The aim of our study was to determine whether combined KIM-1 and IL-18 are more sensitive than traditional markers in detecting kidney injury in patients with burns. Methods Ninety-five burn patients hospitalized at the Burns and Plastic Surgery Center of our hospital from April 2013 to September 2013 were enrolled into this prospective study and divided into mild- (n = 37), moderate- (n = 30) and severe-burn groups (n = 28) by burn injury surface area. In the moderate- and severe-burn groups, patients were subcategorized to either the acute kidney injury (AKI) group, in which serum creatinine (Scr) increased to ≥26.5 μmol/L within 48 h, or the non-AKI group. Fifteen healthy subjects were selected as a control group. Blood specimens were collected to determine blood urea nitrogen (BUN), Scr, and other biochemical indicators. Urine samples collected at admission and 48 h after admission were analyzed for KIM-1 and IL-18. Correlations among urinary KIM-1 and IL-18, burn degree, and clinical biochemical indicators were investigated. Results AKI occurred in 11.2 % of burn patients (none in the mild-burn group). AKI developed 48 h after admission in 10.0 % of the moderate- and 28.6 % of the severe-burn groups. Urinary KIM-1 concentration in the moderate- and severe-burn groups was significantly higher than that in the control group; urinary IL-18 concentrations did not differ significantly among the burn and control groups. The AKI group had significantly higher concentrations of urinary KIM-1 and IL-18 than the non-AKI group, both at admission (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively) and 48 h later (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). Both urinary KIM-1 and IL-18 increased before Scr. Receiver operating-curve (ROC) analysis demonstrated that KIM-1 combined with IL-18 predicted AKI with 72.7 % sensitivity and 92.8 % specificity. The area under the ROC curve was 0.904. Conclusions Our results suggest that urinary KIM-1 and IL-18 may be used as early, sensitive indicators of AKI in patients with burns of varying degrees and provide clinical clues that can be used in early prevention of AKI.
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- Hongqi Ren
- Department of Nephrology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Clinical College of Second Military Medical University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Burns, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Burns, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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- Department of Nephrology, HuaiHai Hospital of Xuzhou Medicine College, 226 Tongshan Road, XuZhou, 221004, China.
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Dare AJ, Bolton EA, Pettigrew GJ, Bradley JA, Saeb-Parsy K, Murphy MP. Kidney donation after circulatory death (DCD): state of the art. Kidney Int 2015; 5:163-168. [PMID: 25965144 PMCID: PMC4427662 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Ischemia–reperfusion (IR) injury to the kidney occurs in a range of clinically important scenarios including hypotension, sepsis and in surgical procedures such as cardiac bypass surgery and kidney transplantation, leading to acute kidney injury (AKI). Mitochondrial oxidative damage is a significant contributor to the early phases of IR injury and may initiate a damaging inflammatory response. Here we assessed whether the mitochondria targeted antioxidant MitoQ could decrease oxidative damage during IR injury and thereby protect kidney function. To do this we exposed kidneys in mice to in vivo ischemia by bilaterally occluding the renal vessels followed by reperfusion for up to 24 h. This caused renal dysfunction, measured by decreased creatinine clearance, and increased markers of oxidative damage. Administering MitoQ to the mice intravenously 15 min prior to ischemia protected the kidney from damage and dysfunction. These data indicate that mitochondrial oxidative damage contributes to kidney IR injury and that mitochondria targeted antioxidants such as MitoQ are potential therapies for renal dysfunction due to IR injury.
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- Anna J Dare
- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge BioMedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, University of Cambridge, NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Medical Research Council Mitochondrial Biology Unit, Cambridge BioMedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0XY, UK.
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Yang C, Zhang C, Zhao Z, Zhu T, Yang B. Fighting against kidney diseases with small interfering RNA: opportunities and challenges. J Transl Med 2015; 13:39. [PMID: 25637948 PMCID: PMC4354745 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-015-0387-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The significant improvements in siRNA therapy have been achieved, which have great potential applications in humans. The kidney is a comparatively easy target organ of siRNA therapy due to its unique structural and functional characteristics. Here, we reviewed recent achievements in siRNA design, delivery and application with focuses on kidney diseases, in particular kidney transplant-related injuries. In addition, the strategy for increasing serum stability and immune tolerance of siRNA was also discussed. At last, the future challenges of siRNA therapy including organ/tissue/cell-specific delivery and time-controlled silence, as well as selecting therapeutic targets, were addressed as well.
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- Cheng Yang
- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Urology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Organ Transplantation, Shanghai, China.
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- Transplant Group, Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University Hospitals of Leicester, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. .,Department of Nephrology, Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, China. .,Basic Medical Research Centre, Medical School of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
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Renal resistive index as a marker of vascular damage in cardiovascular diseases. Int Urol Nephrol 2014; 46:395-402. [PMID: 23959401 PMCID: PMC3932171 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-013-0528-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The article presents changeability of renal resistive index (RRI) in various cardiovascular diseases and considers the usefulness of the marker and interpretational difficulties of the index. The values of RRI are not specific to an individual disease, but in a selected group of patients, it seems to be a perfect marker of cardiovasculorenal changes and a predictor of rapid loss of a renal function. The RRI usually does not reflect the vascular resistance, but is dependent on total and local vascular bed compliance changing with age, in the course of consecutive diseases and the influence of drugs. Under specific conditions, RRI appears to be a good marker of vascular damage. This review summarizes current concepts in RRI interpretation against the cardiovascular pathologies, focusing on the vascular damage association with regard to the complex nature of RRI value variability.
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Orban JC, Maizière EM, Ghaddab A, Van Obberghen E, Ichai C. Incidence and characteristics of acute kidney injury in severe diabetic ketoacidosis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e110925. [PMID: 25338064 PMCID: PMC4206473 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2014] [Accepted: 09/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Aims Acute kidney injury is a classical complication of diabetic ketoacidosis. However, to the best of our knowledge, no study has reported the incidence and characteristics of acute kidney injury since the consensus definition was issued. Methods Retrospective study of all cases of severe diabetic ketoacidosis hospitalised consecutively in a medical surgical tertiary ICU during 10 years. Patients were dichotomised in with AKI and without AKI on admission according to the RIFLE classification. Clinical and biological parameters were compared in these populations. Risk factors of presenting AKI on admission were searched for. Results Ninety-four patients were included in the study. According to the RIFLE criteria, 47 patients (50%) presented acute kidney injury on admission; most of them were in the risk class (51%). At 12 and 24 hours, the percentage of AKI patients decreased to 26% and 27% respectively. During the first 24 hours, 3 patients needed renal replacement therapy. Acute renal failure on admission was associated with a more advanced age, SAPS 2 and more severe biological impairments. Treatments were not different between groups except for insulin infusion. Logistic regression found 3 risk factors of presenting AKI on admission: age (odds ratio 1.060 [1.020–1.100], p<0.01), blood glucose (odds ratio 1.101 [1.039–1.166], p<0.01) and serum protein (odds ratio 0.928 [0.865–0.997], p = 0.04). Conclusions Acute kidney injury is frequently associated with severe diabetic ketoacidosis on admission in ICU. Most of the time, this AKI is transient and characterised by a volume-responsiveness to fluid infusion used in DKA treatment. Age, blood glucose and serum protein are associated to the occurrence of AKI on ICU admission.
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- Jean-Christophe Orban
- Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Hôpital Saint-Roch, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
- IRCAN, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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- Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Hôpital Saint-Roch, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
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- Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Hôpital Saint-Roch, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
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- IRCAN, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
- Laboratoire de Biochimie, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
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- Réanimation médico-chirurgicale, Hôpital Saint-Roch, CHU de Nice, Nice, France
- IRCAN, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Nice, France
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Guidance cue netrin-1 and the regulation of inflammation in acute and chronic kidney disease. Mediators Inflamm 2014; 2014:525891. [PMID: 24991088 PMCID: PMC4065723 DOI: 10.1155/2014/525891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common problem in the hospital setting and intensive care unit. Despite improved understanding, there are no effective therapies available to treat AKI. A large body of evidence strongly suggests that ischemia reperfusion injury is an inflammatory disease mediated by both adaptive and innate immune systems. Cell migration also plays an important role in embryonic development and inflammation, and this process is highly regulated to ensure tissue homeostasis. One such paradigm exists in the developing nervous system, where neuronal migration is mediated by a balance between chemoattractive and chemorepulsive signals. The ability of the guidance molecule netrin-1 to repulse or abolish attraction of neuronal cells expressing the UNC5B receptor makes it an attractive candidate for the regulation of inflammatory cell migration. Recent identification of netrin-1 as regulators of immune cell migration has led to a large number of studies looking into how netrin-1 controls inflammation and inflammatory cell migration. This review will focus on recent advances in understanding netrin-1 mediated regulation of inflammation during acute and chronic kidney disease and whether netrin-1 and its receptor activation can be used to treat acute and chronic kidney disease.
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Smorenberg A, Groeneveld ABJ. Diuretic response to colloid and crystalloid fluid loading in critically ill patients. J Nephrol 2014; 28:89-95. [PMID: 24828327 DOI: 10.1007/s40620-014-0101-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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AIMS In the critically ill patient, fluid loading is commonly done to stabilise hemodynamics and increase diuresis, whereas the absence of diuresis may predispose to harmful overloading. The goal of the current study was to evaluate the diuretic response and determinants thereof upon crystalloid and colloid fluid loading. SUBJECTS AND METHODS This is a substudy on 42 clinically hypovolemic, septic or non-septic patients without acute kidney injury, who were randomly assigned, after stratification for sepsis, to a 90-min fluid loading protocol with either 0.9% saline or a colloid solution (gelatin, hydroxyethyl starch 200/0.5 or albumin). Hemodynamics, biochemical parameters and diuresis were recorded. A response was defined by an increase in diuresis of >10% during fluid loading. RESULTS Diuresis increased more during saline than colloid infusion, together with a decline in colloid osmotic pressure (COP) of plasma and less increase in plasma volume and global hemodynamics with saline, at similar fluid balance. Nine patients (82%) receiving saline had a diuretic response, compared to 13 patients (42%) receiving colloids (P = 0.04), and the response was not predicted by underlying condition, global hemodynamics, volume of fluid infused and COP. CONCLUSION In critically ill patients with clinical hypovolemia, diuresis increases more during saline than colloid fluid loading, only partly dependent of a fall in plasma COP.
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- Annemieke Smorenberg
- Department of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
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Ranganathan P, Jayakumar C, Mohamed R, Weintraub NL, Ramesh G. Semaphorin 3A inactivation suppresses ischemia-reperfusion-induced inflammation and acute kidney injury. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2014; 307:F183-94. [PMID: 24829504 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00177.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Recent studies show that guidance molecules that are known to regulate cell migration during development may also play an important role in adult pathophysiologic states. One such molecule, semaphorin3A (sema3A), is highly expressed after acute kidney injury (AKI) in mice and humans, but its pathophysiological role is unknown. Genetic inactivation of sema3A protected mice from ischemia-reperfusion-induced AKI, improved tissue histology, reduced neutrophil infiltration, prevented epithelial cell apoptosis, and increased cytokine and chemokine excretion in urine. Pharmacological-based inhibition of sema3A receptor binding likewise protected against ischemia-reperfusion-induced AKI. In vitro, sema3A enhanced toll-like receptor 4-mediated inflammation in epithelial cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells. Moreover, administration of sema3A-treated, bone marrow-derived dendritic cells exacerbated kidney injury. Finally, sema3A augmented cisplatin-induced apoptosis in kidney epithelial cells in vitro via expression of DFFA-like effector a (cidea). Our data suggest that the guidance molecule sema3A exacerbates AKI via promoting inflammation and epithelial cell apoptosis.
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- Punithavathi Ranganathan
- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia
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Ramesh G, Ranganathan P. Mouse models and methods for studying human disease, acute kidney injury (AKI). Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1194:421-36. [PMID: 25064118 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1215-5_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is serious complication in hospitalized patients with high level of mortality. There is not much progress made for the past 50 years in reducing the mortality rate despite advances in understanding disease pathology. Using variety of animal models of acute kidney injury, scientist studies the pathogenic mechanism of AKI and to test therapeutic drugs, which may reduce renal injury. Among them, renal pedicle clamping and cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity in mice are most prominently used, mainly due to the availability of gene knockouts to study specific gene functions, inexpensive and availability of the inbred strain with less genetic variability. However, ischemic mouse model is highly variable and require excellent surgical skills to reduce variation in the observation. In this chapter, we describe a detailed protocol of the mouse model of bilateral renal ischemia-reperfusion and cisplatin induced nephrotoxicity. We also discuss the protocol for the isolation and analysis of infiltrated inflammatory cell into the kidney by flow cytometry. Information provided in this chapter will help scientist who wants to start research on AKI and want to establish the mouse model for ischemic and toxic kidney injury.
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- Ganesan Ramesh
- Department of Medicine and Vascular Biology Center, CB-3330, Georgia Health Sciences University, 1459 Laney-Walker Blvd, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA,
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This article provides the bedside clinician an overview of the unique renal complications that are seen commonly in the pediatric intensive care unit. These sections are purposely succinct to give a quick guide to the clinician for the care of these children. We have identified four major areas that should result in discussion and cooperative care between intensive care physicians and nephrologists for the care of these children: (1) hypertension, (2) chronic kidney failure, (3) acute kidney injury, and (4) renal replacement therapy.
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Macedo E, Mehta RL. Timing of dialysis initiation in acute kidney injury and acute-on-chronic renal failure. Semin Dial 2013; 26:675-81. [PMID: 24016050 DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The decision to provide dialytic support and choosing the ideal moment to initiate therapy are common impasses for physicians treating patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). Although renal replacement therapy (RRT) has been extensively used in clinical practice for more than 30 years, there is a paucity of evidence to guide clinicians on the optimal utilization of RRT in AKI. In the absence of traditional or urgent indications, there is no consensus on whether dialysis should be offered and when it should be started. The lack of agreed-upon parameters to guide the decision, the fear of the risk of the procedure, and the possible contribution to worse prognosis with RRT have resulted in a considerable variation in practice among physicians and centers. In this review, we summarize the evidence evaluating time of initiation of RRT and discuss possible approaches for future trials in addressing this issue.
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- Etienne Macedo
- Division of Nephrology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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