View clinical trials related to Acute Kidney Injury.
Filter by:The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the Gambro Prismaflex® HF20 Set based on testing the hypothesis that it delivers sufficient renal replacement therapy to effectively treat acute kidney injury (AKI) in pediatric patients by reducing blood urea nitrogen (BUN).
The study will investigate the role of NSAIDs in the development of AKI in patients undergoing high-risk abdominal or thoracic surgery. The investigators hypothesize that the use of new urinary biomarkers will allow earlier detection of AKI than the current gold standard, i.e. changes in serum creatinine and/or urine output.
To validate the use of [TIMP-2]●[IGFBP-7] to predict AKI in patients undergoing major intra abdominal surgery.
This double-blinded placebo-controlled non-inferiority study will examine the incidence and significance of contrast-induced acute kidney injury following intravenous iodinated contrast material administration in subjects with stage IIIB or stage IV chronic kidney disease. Subjects will be scheduled for clinically indicated CT of the abdomen and/or pelvis to evaluate for suspected intra-abdominal infection. Subjects will be randomized to receive either weight-based low-osmolality iodinated contrast material or saline. The primary outcome measure will be the incidence of stage II AKI by AKIN criteria.
Surgery for scoliosis correction, the abnormal curvature of the spine, is a major procedure often undertaken in adolescents. In adult anesthesia, there is a large volume of literature debating how to optimize fluids administered during surgery, as both too much fluid and too little fluid are associated with worse outcomes. The investigators will compare fluid administration based on the measured amount of blood pumped by the heart during each heart beat (goal-directed therapy), against standard anesthetic management. The main outcomes are a) post-surgical kidney dysfunction, b) prevalence of intraoperative hypotension, c) volumes of administered fluids, and d) length of hospitalization.
The objective of this pilot trial is to assess the feasibility of forced fluid removal in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with high-risk AKI and severe fluid overload. The intervention will use furosemide infusion and/or continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) to achieve and maintain a neutral cumulative fluid balance. The intervention will be compared to standard of care as reflected in the kidney disease improving global outcome (KDIGO) guidelines.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill neonates is common and associated with significant morbidity and mortality. No targeted therapeutic treatment strategies have been established for AKI in neonates. Within a clinical pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic conceptual framework, this project will examine the medication aminophylline as a potential treatment approach for AKI.
Previous studies (1-5) have demonstrated that oxygen delivery (DO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) are associated with renal outcome in cardiac surgery. The critical value for DO2 is around 262 - 272 mL/min/m2, and the correspondent critical value of DO2/VCO2 ratio is around 5.0. Patients with nadir DO2 and DO2/VCO2 ratio below these critical levels have an increased incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac operations. These observations offer an interpretation for the well-known deleterious effects of excessive hemodilution during CPB, supported by many studies where an association between nadir hematocrit (HCT) on CPB and bad outcomes (especially renal) was found (6-8). It is reasonable to hypothesize that a low oxygen delivery may determine an ischemic damage to the kidney, that due to its peculiar circulation is particularly susceptible to a decrease in the oxygen supply. However, there is no evidence that a strategy directed towards the specific goal of avoiding critical values of DO2 during CPB may actually decrease the postoperative AKI rate. The present study is designed to verify the hypothesis that a strategy based on a goal-directed perfusion, aimed to avoid a nadir DO2 below the critical threshold, is effective in limiting the postoperative AKI rate.
Acute renal injury is a common complication of critical illness. Drug induced renal insult compounds the degree of injury in many patients, and a great deal of research has focused on prevention of this complication. Traditional biomarkers of renal injury like serum creatinine and blood urea nitrogen content fail to consistently predict harm among patients at risk. Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) will be studied as a biomarker of renal injury.
The proposed study will investigate the effect of sodium bicarbonate on the prevention of acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery with cardio-pulmonary bypass. The investigators hypothesize that the occurrence of acute kidney injury will be less in children treated with sodium bicarbonate in the perioperative period when compared to placebo. The specific aims of this proposal are as follows: 1. To institute a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial in pediatric subjects undergoing cardiac surgery to determine the efficacy of sodium bicarbonate on prevention of acute kidney injury as measured by pRIFLE criteria. 2. To examine whether treatment with sodium bicarbonate modifies the duration of acute kidney injury, fluid balance, hospital length of stay, need for dialysis, and progression to kidney failure. 3. To determine the relevance of NGAL as a biomarker to predict development of acute kidney injury.