Recently, toxic nephropathy has emerged as an important segment of clinical renal disease.
The high prevealence of nephrotoxic lesions reflects increased human exposure to a wide …

The social and economic impact of renal disease worldwide is considerable. In the United
States, the number of new patients requiring treatment approximates 40,000 per year. It …

Drugs are a frequent cause of both in-hospital and community-acquired acute kidney injury
(AKI). Nephrotoxic drugs share the spotlight with renal hypoxia as primary etiologic factors …

OBJECTIVE The Nephrotoxic Injury Negated by Just-in-Time Action (NINJA) program is a
multicenter, quality improvement initiative that identifies patients at risk for nephrotoxic …

Nephrotoxin exposure accounts for up to one-fourth of acute kidney injury episodes in
hospitalized patients, and the associated consequences are as severe as acute kidney …

Exposure to nephrotoxic medication is among the most common causes of acute kidney
injury (AKI) in hospitalized patients. Here we conducted a prospective quality improvement …

The effects of environmental chemicals, drugs, and physical agents on the developing
kidney are influenced by the state of renal development and maturation. The development of …

Drug-induced nephrotoxicity is responsible for 20% to 60% of cases of acute kidney injury in
hospitalized patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in both …

Neonatal acute kidney injury (AKI) is common. Critically ill neonates are at risk for AKI for
many reasons including the severity of their underlying illnesses, prematurity, and …

Several drugs and other compounds can induce acute and/or chronic nephrotoxicity. The
goal of this study was to review clinical features of nephrotoxicity induced by 'atypical'or …