Tag: Acute Kidney Injury
Roivios announces final enrolment for JuxtaFlow Renal Assist Device feasibility trial
Roivios has announced that they have enrolled the final patient for the BIPASS-AKI study for the JuxtaFlow renal assist device (RAD). The American Heart...
Acute kidney injury not associated with worsening of CKD in new...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is considered by many to cause accelerated loss of kidney function—but, according to the authors of new research published in...
Antihypertensive drugs found to heighten acute kidney injury risk
In a new retrospective cohort study, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC; Boston, USA) have examined the effects of the treatment of...
Team-based coaching cuts acute kidney injury after heart procedures
Acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients who have undergone heart procedures can be reduced by implementing online team-based coaching more than by utilising alternative...
AI technologies demonstrate predictive capabilities in hospitalised kidney patients
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies offer clinicians a variety of opportunities for taking earlier action on kidney problems. Several technologies allowing the prediction of renal...
Darlington-based NHS trust dramatically reduces acute kidney injury risk with help...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) risks have been significantly reduced by healthcare professionals at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust in the UK with...
Baxter gains FDA clearance for ST Set to treat acute kidney...
Baxter International has announced US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of the company’s ST Set, intended for use in continuous renal replacement...
Understanding the risk of acute kidney injury in the cath lab
Huge strides have been made in preventing contrast-associated acute kidney injury among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and other interventional procedures in recent...
RenalSense raises US$14 million in Series A funding to expand critical...
RenalSense recently announced it has secured US$14 million to bolster the global commercialisation of its current product, the Clarity RMS, expand clinical validation to additional clinical...
Simulations Plus releases RENAsym version 1A software for kidney injury
Simulations Plus has announced that its DILIsym Services division has released RENAsym version 1A, the first version of its novel quantitative systems toxicology (QST) software for...
National Kidney Foundation appoints three new executives to Board of Directors
The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has announced the appointment of three new members to its national Board of Directors. The new members, Hubert L...
Study shows increased risk of renal failure following lytic therapy for...
A large, single-centre retrospective study has revealed the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following pharmacomechanical thrombolysis (PMT) for lower extremity deep vein thrombosis...
Algorithm predicts dialysis, and death from critical illness in hospitalised COVID-19...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) treated with dialysis is reported to be a frequent complication in patients hospitalised with COVID-19. Research published online in the...