Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

Serious damage to short-term kidney function-known as acute kidney injury, or AKI-can be fatal and also increase the risk of irreversible chronic kidney disease. It can be triggered by stressors ...

Red cell distribution width-to-platelet ratio predicts cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury and boosts accuracy ...

Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...

Approximately one in seven adults in the United States has kidney disease, where the organs responsible for filtering waste ...

Contaminated milk causes anuria outbreak: 4 dead, 12 hospitalised, urgent food safety concerns.

Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) do not appear to worsen kidney function compared with the histamine 2 receptor blocker ranitidine based on two measures, a large cohort study from Spain finds. In fact, ...