Nephrology
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Skip ultrasound in acute UTI in small children
MALMO, SWEDEN – Wait at least 2 weeks after treatment initiation to avoid high false-positive rates triggering unnecessary invasive testing, a...
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Avoiding in-hospital acute kidney injury is a new imperative
NEW ORLEANS – The myth that acute kidney injury in certain hospitalized patients is inevitable has been destroyed.
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Impaired kidney function no problem for dabigatran reversal
ORLANDO – Idarucizumab, reversal agent for the anticoagulant dabigatran, worked fine in patients with renal dysfunction.
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Sodium bicarbonate and acetylcysteine for prevention of contrast-related morbidity and mortality in CKD patients
Clinical question: Do either intravenous sodium bicarbonate or oral acetylcysteine prevent renal morbidity and mortality in...
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How should electrolyte abnormalities be managed in patients with chronic kidney disease?
Electrolyte abnormalities in CKD are numerous and have multiple adverse clinical outcomes.
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Contrast nephropathy after computed tomography
Clinical question: Do rates of acute kidney injury (AKI), renal replacement therapy (RRT), or mortality differ between adults receiving contrast-...
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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Intense urine output monitoring beneficial in ICU
Patients who underwent intensive urine output monitoring received less fluid in their first 24 hours than did those who received less intensive...
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VIDEO: Balanced crystalloids protect kidney better than saline
TORONTO – Vanderbilt University Medical Center is transitioning from primarily using saline to balanced crystalloid IV fluids to prevent adverse...
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Carvedilol fails to reduce variceal bleeds in acute-on-chronic liver failure
Some improvement seen at 28 days in acute kidney injury, sepsis.