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Filter by:To validate Urinary Biomarkers for the prediction of AKI in major abdominal surgery patients
Worldwide, the use of Extracorporeal Blood Purification (EBP) in everyday clinical practice is becoming increasingly common, particularly in critical care settings. The efficacy of most of these treatments on removal of inflammatory mediators is the main rationale behind the use of EBP in critically ill patients with multiorgan dysfunction. Nonetheless, there are still some doubts as to the clinical efficacy of bacterial toxins and cytokines removal and many clinical trials aiming at exploring the effect of EBP on long-term outcomes of septic patients have failed to demonstrate consistent results regarding 28 day- or hospital-mortality rates. The primary aim of this observational prospective web-based registry is to define the possible clusters of critically ill patients - treated with extracorporeal blood purification therapies worldwide - who are homogeneous regarding both clinical and treatment characteristics and seem to benefit the most from EBP.
A randomized prospective controlled study aims to evaluate the effect of neuromuscular electrical stimulation on the renal function and renal blood flow of post partum women with acute kidney injury.
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the unwanted variation in outcomes as evidence by Public Health England's report on increased mortality in regions of the country. For example, UHDB, in East Midlands, has reported a high crude mortality as compared to other Trusts in the region.8 There may also have been variation in the incidence of complications of COVID-19 in the form of AKI, which may have influenced mortality. Variation in outcomes may be because of various factors - differing population demographics, underlying health conditions in the population, deprivation, physician preference and knowledge and ethnic diversity. Unwanted variation is care that is not consistent with a patient's preference or related to [their] underlying illness. It is important to understand the reason for unwanted variation in outcomes associated with COVID-19 to minimise patient harm and reduce morbidity and mortality.
Ultomiris (Ravulizumab), is a monoclonal antibody that specifically targets terminal complement products and is proposed for the treatment of COVID-19 induced microvasculature injury and endothelial damage leading to thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) causing acute kidney injury (AKI). Ravulizumab is to be used for participants with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 who clinically or diagnostically present with deteriorating renal function. Ravulizumab causes immediate and sustained inhibition of the terminal complement cascade. The use of ravulizumab could ameliorate COVID-19 induced kidney injury due to TMA, shorten hospital stay, and improve the overall survival.
Septic shock continues to exert a large economic burden around the world. Several developments have occurred that lead to the current study. First, angiotensin II is the newest FDA approved vasopressor agent indicated for use in vasodilatory shock. Several subgroups from the approval trial have indicated that angiotensin II may confer a survival benefit in certain conditions, including those patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy, those with altered angiotensin I: angiotensin II ratios, and most recently, those with elevated renin levels (which may serve as a surrogate for dysfunctional angiotensin 1: angiotensin II ratios). This open-label, sequential period pilot study will evaluate angiotensin II and biomarker response (renin) in the treatment of septic shock.
Acute kidney injury was a common clinical complication, and many diseases were associated with a high risk of occurrence of AKI. We explored the clinical utility of serum CAF, L-FABP and NGAL by constructing a diagnostic model for identification of ICU patients at risk for AKI and distinguish different etiologies of AKI. This observational cohort study included one hundred patients who had been in ICU from the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine between August 2020 and August 2022. Blood and urine samples were collected every 12 hours until 7 days. The time of staying with ICU less than 2 days were removed. CAF, L-FABP and NGAL was measured based on the platform of Chemiluminescent Immunoassay, and assessed the diagnostic value of the occurrence of AKI. By constructing an effective diagnostic model to provide effective clinical decision-marking for early intervention.
Early prediction of AKI can help to improve patients' outcome through early institution of the appropriate intervention, thus the current study hypothesizes that urine analysis for certain markers may provide an early knowledge about the possibility of oncoming kidney affection secondary to organ and tissue trauma affecting patients admitted to surgical ICU. The current study tries to evaluate the value of urinary markers as early predictors of possible development of AKI in patients admitted to surgical ICU.
The endothelin (ET) system is an active target in human Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Our primary hypothesis is that the circulating blood concentration of ET will be higher in patients with AKI than in matched controls.
Randomized controlled, single-center trial randomizing patients with chronic kidney disease and symptomatic severe aortic valve stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Patients are randomized in a 1:1 ratio to periprocedural intravenous hydration matched to urine output using the RenalGuard system and to standard hydration. The purpose of the study is to test, wether the controlled intravenous hydration with the RenalGuard system is superior to standard hydration to prevent acute kidney injury after TAVI.