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Acute renal failure is frequently diagnosed in the emergency room during a biological assessment. Its discovery requires determining the cause, which may be either functional, or obstructive. The obstructive cause is responsible for 10% of acute renal failure. It is recommended to start the exploration of this pathology with an ultrasound in search of an obstructive cause. However, ultrasound from the radiologist is not always available. The realization of this ultrasound by the emergency physician would reduce the time to obtain the diagnosis and therefore the time of passage to the emergency room. No study has yet been carried out to validate the performance of this ultrasound by the emergency physician in the case of acute renal failure. This study would validate the diagnostic performance of this ultrasound technique in order to identify as quickly as possible patients with acute renal failure whose cause is obstructive.
Since its inception, KPMP has developed sophisticated protocols for collection and analysis of human kidney tissue, and for collection of biofluids. Members of the consortium have wide-ranging expertise in conducting clinical studies, processing kidney tissue, advanced structural and molecular analysis and complex bioinformatics analysis, which will be used to leverage effectively as a group to better understand kidney disease. This joint protocol aims to synergize the COVID-19 study efforts of KPMP academic research centers, to collectively study COVID-19, including its renal presentation using kidney tissue and/or biofluids from patients suffering from COVID-19. This will increase the breadth and depth of data available to the public to expedite discoveries, identify therapeutics, and improve outcomes for patients with COVID-19. It will additionally bring the expertise of KPMP investigators to bear against this pandemic.
Traditional HD therapy is very effective in clearing urea and smaller middle molecules, but is limited in clearing larger middle molecules. These accumulated large middle-molecular-weight uremic toxins may cause and aggravate inflammation, atherosclerosis and calcification, which indirectly lead to the death of patients. Studies have shown that, compared to conventional high-flux HD (HF-HD), HDF that combines diffusion and convection can reduce the all-cause mortality. Compared to the conventional HF-HD, HDF can more effectively clear larger molecular toxins in one session, which may be related to the better clearance effect of HDF on middle-molecular-weight toxins Theranova's innovative Medium Cut-Off® membranes has high permeability and selectivity to uremic toxins (clearance of a molecular weight of up to 45 kDa) and can retain essential proteins, to maintain patient's albumin level during the HD treatment[9]. Its unique membrane and high cut-off characteristics expand the clearance range beyond those of flux membrane dialyzers. Theranova 400 can be widely used in most blood purification centers under conventional HD equipment and treatment modes, with the effect similar to HDF This study is to demonstrate non-inferiority of the Theranova 400 Dialyzer in hemodialysis (HD) mode (hereinafter referred to as Theranova 400) compared to hemodiafiltration (HDF), using FX 800 in HDF mode (hereinafter referred to as FX 800).
To determine whether Levosimendan infusion in patients with cardiogenic shock and cardiorenal syndrome refractory to standard inotropic therapy, improves hemodynamics and renal function, whilst being safe.
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is an essential molecule in human body. It acts as an antioxidant, a co-factor for energy conversion in mitochondria and has anti-inflammatory effects capable of improving endothelial function. Our goal is to investigate whether CoQ10 is capable to reduce the incidence of acute kidney injury/failure following cardiac surgery. Cardiac surgery is major risk factor for acute kidney injury/failure (AKI/F).
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) impose a significant global health burden. Yet, no effective therapies currently exist for AKI, and only a few are available for CKD. Despite significant effort from industry and academia, development of pharmacologic therapies for AKI and CKD has been hampered by: Non-predictive animal models The inability to identify and prioritize human targets The limited availability of human kidney biopsy tissue A poor understanding of AKI and CKD heterogeneity Historically, AKI and CKD have been described as single, uniform diseases. However, growing consensus suggests that different disease pathways lead to different subgroups of AKI and CKD (AKIs and CKDs). Access to human kidney biopsy tissue is a critical first step to define disease heterogeneity and determine the precise molecular pathways that will facilitate identification of specific drug targets and ultimately enable individualized care for people with AKI and CKD. A number of research centers across the United States are collaborating to bring state-of-the-art technologies together to: - Ethically obtain and evaluate kidney biopsies from participants with AKI or CKD - Define disease subgroups - Create a kidney tissue atlas - Identify critical cells, pathways, and targets for novel therapies The KPMP is made up of three distinct, but highly interactive, activity groups: - Recruitment Sites: The recruitment sites (RS) are responsible for recruiting participants with AKI or CKD into the longitudinal study and performing the kidney biopsy. - Tissue Interrogation Sites: The tissue interrogation sites (TIS) are responsible for developing and using innovative technologies to analyze the biopsy tissue. - Central Hub: The central hub is responsible for aggregating, analyzing, and visualizing the generated data and providing scientific, infrastructure, and administrative support for the KPMP consortium.
Acute kidney replacement therapy (i.e., dialysis) is used in 6-10% of patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). The amount of acute kidney replacement therapy use has increased in Canadian ICUs over the last several years. Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) remains the most common form of acute renal replacement therapy used in ICUs. Many different parts aspects of CRRT lack a usual way to be done, and because of this, are done differently in different ICUs. Not having generally accepted markers of the performance and delivery of CRRT is a main reason that we have these practice difference. This is an important gap in the way that clinicians deliver this important ICU therapy and is a main focus of ongoing research in ICU and dialysis. The proposed project is a continuation of a program of work that first reviewed the current state of the quality and safety in ICU and dialysis. Then, a systematic review of all potential quality markers was done to see what options for measures were possible. Next, following a meeting of leaders of dialysis in the ICU, the most important of these measures were ranked to decide which ones could be used in monitoring CRRT for patients.
Pre-market, single-arm, prospective, open-label, multi-center clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and the performance of the Medyria TrackCath system in patients undergoing endovascular intervention.
The study aims to determine how historical cases of respiratory abnormalities are documented by clinicians in the electronic health records (EHR) of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System (MHHS) inpatient facilities. The knowledge gained from this study will support the design of modern data-driven surveillance approach to continuously collect, monitor and timely recognize postoperative respiratory abnormalities using electronic healthcare recorded data.