Consensus definitions have been reached for both acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic
kidney disease (CKD) and these definitions are now routinely used in research and clinical …

Perioperative organ injury is among the leading causes of morbidity and mortality of surgical
patients. Among different types of perioperative organ injury, acute kidney injury occurs …

Intravenous iodinated contrast media are commonly used with CT to evaluate disease and
to determine treatment response. The risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) developing in patients …

Acute kidney disease (AKD)-which includes acute kidney injury (AKI)–and chronic kidney
disease (CKD) are highly prevalent among hospitalized patients, including those in …

Comparative evaluation of clinical manifestations and risk of death in patients admitted to
hospital with covid-19 and seasonal Page 1 the bmj | BMJ 2020;371:m4677 | doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4677 …

Background The addition of vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis in arthroplasty may
reduce surgical-site infections; however, the efficacy and safety are unclear. Methods In this …

Background Intravenous sodium bicarbonate and oral acetylcysteine are widely used to
prevent acute kidney injury and associated adverse outcomes after angiography without …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common and is associated with serious short-and long-term
complications. Early diagnosis and identification of the underlying aetiology are essential to …

Importance Because early-stage kidney disease is asymptomatic and is associated with
both morbidity and mortality, laboratory measurements are required for its detection …

Thirty-seven carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE)-infected patients were treated
with ceftazidime-avibactam. Clinical success and survival rates at 30 days were 59%(22/37) …