Background: Although acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in patients
receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), the incidence and impact of AKI …

Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and critical complication of liver
transplantation (LT), which is associated with increased morbidity, mortality and health care …

Human serum albumin (HSA) is a non-glycosylated, negatively charged, single-chain
polypeptide composed of 585 amino acid residues with a relative molecular mass of 66.438 …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common clinical condition among patients admitted in the
hospitals. The condition is associated with both increased short-term and long-term …

Background. There is no evidence to suggest the predictive power of neutrophil percentage‐
to‐albumin ratio (NPAR) in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). We hypothesized that …

Background: Lung transplantation has been increasingly performed worldwide and is
considered an effective therapy for patients with various causes of end-stage lung diseases …

The development of a therapeutic system for hepatic fibrosis has become a research hotspot
to date. Butein, a simple chalcone derivative, displays anti-fibrotic effects through different …

Purpose To identify risk factors associated with the development of acute respiratory distress
syndrome (ARDS) in infants with early onset sepsis (EOS) and to describe the clinical …

Objectives Malnutrition is associated with adverse outcomes in acute or chronic diseases.
However, the prediction value of the Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index (GNRI) in critically ill …

Abstract Background The Japan Society for Blood Purification in Critical Care (JSBPCC) has
reported survey results on blood purification therapy (BPT) for critically ill patients in 2005 …