Search Tag: AKI
2015 19 Jan
Based on results of a new study, high levels of two novel urinary biomarkers early in critical illness correlate with adverse long-term outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). The combination of tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase-2 (TIMP-2) and IGF-binding protein-7 (IGFBP7) can identify patients with AKI who are at greater risk of death...Read more
2014 18 Mar
Event Highlights Routine Use of The NephroCheck ® Test For AKI Risk Assessment Millions of hospitalised patients are affected by acute kidney injury (AKI) globally each year, making this a significant health threat. An educational symposium being held on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at 12:30 local time during the 34th International Symposium...Read more
2013 03 Oct
Gambro will host a Lunch Symposium on October 8, 2013 during the 26th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine in Paris. New Insights on AKI Management and Renal Recovery in Critically Ill Patients Chair Dr. Sean Bagshaw (University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada) Program CRRT for AKI: Effects on Renal Recovery...Read more
2013 06 Jun
Astute Medical, Inc. will host an educational symposium bringing together an international panel of medical experts to discuss how newly validated biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI) risk can improve care of critically ill patients in the intensive care setting. The symposium, AKI Biomarkers of Risk Assessment: A New Age , will take place...Read more
2013 08 Apr
NxStage® Medical, Inc., a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, announced today that it has completed its move to a direct sales model in the United Kingdom. NxStage will begin selling the System One ™ and related products and services directly in the region through its wholly-owned UK subsidiary, NxStage Medical UK, Ltd. The Company's...Read more
2013 14 Mar
Celebrated on the second Thursday in March, the mission of World Kidney Day is to raise awareness of the importance of our kidneys to our overall health and to reduce the frequency and impact of kidney disease and its associated health problems worldwide. The 2013 theme is Kidneys for Life - Stop Kidney Attack! The objectives of the World...Read more
2013 14 Mar
Satellite Symposium: Point of care cardio-renal biomarkers have changed my practice: A debate Location: 400 Hall Chairperson: Claudio Ronco (Vicenza, Italy) Time: March 20, 2013 at 12:30 Programme (12:30-13:30) Introduction FOR: Current clinical practice of cardio-renal biomarkers in the ED Salvatore Di Somma (Rome, Italy) FOR:...Read more
2013 14 Mar
BioPorto Diagnostics will be exhibiting at the 33rd ISICEM in Brussels and will be presenting the The NGAL Test™ . The NGAL Test™ CE IVD is a new rapid NGAL assay for clinical chemistry platforms.* Using only a few drops of plasmaor urine The NGAL Test™ gives you results in just 10 minutes and thus addresses the widespread demand for urgent...Read more
2013 14 Mar
Satellite Symposium: New Biomarkers for Early Risk Assessment of AKI: Solving the Challenge Location: Horta Room Chairperson: John Kellum (Pittsburgh, USA) Time: March 20, 2013 at 12:30 Programme (12:30-13:30) Welcome and Introduction - John Kellum (Pittsburgh, USA) Cell Cycle Arrest Biomarkers for AKI - Lakhmir Chawla (Washington,...Read more
2013 14 Mar
A guidance cue that helps kidneys form may also be a red flag that they are in danger, researchers report. Acute kidney injury, a common and serious complication of hospitalization, is on the increase worldwide, affecting an estimated 6 percent of all hospitalized patients and 30-40 percent of adults and children having cardiopulmonary bypass surgery....Read more
2013 14 Mar
An extra 1,000 transplants could be done every year, Johns Hopkins study suggest. An additional 1,000 patients could undergo kidney transplants in the United States annually if hospitals performed more transplants using paired kidney exchanges, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Also known as kidney chains, paired...Read more
2013 11 Mar
High doses of a popular cholesterol-lowering drug significantly reduced the rate of acute kidney injury caused by dye used in imaging in acute coronary syndrome patients who underwent a coronary procedure, according to research presented today at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. This group of patients is at high...Read more
2013 06 Mar
Alere Inc. is pleased to announce the results of a study published this week in Critical Care, demonstrating that plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (pNGAL), a biomarker that aids in the early detection of acute kidney injury (AKI), improved the diagnosis of AKI when added to clinical judgment. Patients presenting to the emergency department...Read more
2013 05 Mar
Many physicians have long believed that the use of intravenous contrast agents for CT scans can cause acute kidney injury . New Mayo Clinic research questions the strength of the causal link between the two. The findings from two tandem studies are published online in the journal Radiology . The first study examined all previous research that...Read more