Active clinical trials for "Acute Kidney Injury"

To investigate the etiology, epidemiology and prognostic factors of acute kidney injury. To find out risk factors that relate with the prognosis of acute kidney injury,focusing on inflammation, oxidative stress and nutritional status. To study on the relationship between gene polymorphism and prognosis of acute kidney injury.

Patients aged 18-89 with stable CAD and comorbidities receiving optimal medical treatment requiring PCI with iodinated contrast media. The aim of the study is to assess the prevalence of contrast-induced AKI in 2012-2013 and 2017 cohorts and to evaluate the potential risk factors of CI-AKI to better guide the prevention in patients of higher risk.

This study is an observational registry of children with or suspected to have SARS CoV2 (COVID-19) admitted to pediatric intensive care units (PICU). This registry will help describe the prevalence, rate and severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2(SARS CoV2) across the world. The registry will be developed using a point prevalence methodology and then full retrospective review. Once a week, from April through June 2020, data collection will occur in "real-time" to estimate a weekly point prevalence of AKI and renal replacement therapy (RRT). The operational definition of "patients under investigation" (PUIs) will be used to identify the denominator of patients to be studied. The PUIs will be cohorted into SARS CoV2 test positive, test negative, test pending, or test unavailable. The primary aim of this study is to deliver a global, objective data driven analysis of the burden of AKI in virus positive patients or patients under investigation (PUI) who are admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) Diagnosis is based on rising creatinine. Intrarenal vasoconstriction occurs earlier and measuring flow resistance in the renal circulation (Renal Resistive Index (RRI)) could become part of vital organ function assessment using Doppler ultrasound. The aim of this study is to predict AKI in septic patients in ICU by measuring RRI on admission by comparing two groups of patients, first group with RRI of normal value (0.6-0.7) and the other group with high RRI more than 0.7 and both with normal renal function on admission.

Hepatorenal syndrome is a life-threatening medical condition and a serious complication of advanced liver scarring (cirrhosis). It consists of a deterioration of the function of the kidneys caused by a severe alteration in the circulation (blood flow to the kidneys) due to liver cirrhosis. Only around half of the patients respond to treatment which consists of intravenous medication. Moreover, the adrenal glands, which are located on the kidneys, also suffer an alteration in the blood flow leading to deterioration in their function as well. Thus, these patients produced less cortisol than needed; this situation is called "relative adrenal insufficiency". Cortisol is an important hormone necessary in extreme situations such as severe diseases. This is a study which will assess the relationship between the presence of adrenal dysfunction and failure to treatment in patients with hepatorenal syndrome.

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common and severe complication of cardiac surgery. The main stay treatment remains preventive with no clear evidence supporting any therapeutic interventions. AKI risk prediction scores are an objective, transparent means of cohort enrichment but are not widely used. The purpose of this analysis was to develop and validate a clinical score including pre-,intra-and post-operative predictors that predicted AKI following heart valve replacement surgery. This prediction score allows identification of patients at high risk of AKI and may support decision-making for protective kidney treatment.

Among patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, approximately 20% have an acute kidney injury (AKI) and 5% require renal replacement therapy. Occurrence of AKI in patients with COVID-19 is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Early detection of patients at risk of AKI would allow to prevent onset or worsening of AKI. The aim of this study is to determine if urine biomarkers of renal tubular damage such as TIMP-2 and IGFBP7 could early identify patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia at risk of developing AKI.

The perioperative approach adopted in a cohort of adult oncological patients undergoing major abdominal surgery will be described. In particular, the physician's attitude toward use of sCr for identification of patients at risk for PO-AKI will be described, as well as the patients who should be reassessed in the long term for progression toward CKD. The incidence and risk factors associated with PO-AKI and renal function deterioration within a year postoperatively will be also evaluated.

The two biomarkers determined in urine, "Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases 2 (TIMP-2)" and "Insulin-like Growth Factor-Binding Protein 7 (IGFBP7)", can indicate the occurrence of Acute kidney injury (AKI) in cardiac surgery and critically ill patients at an early stage. However, no data are available whether these parameters can also predict the occurrence of AKI in the context of COVID-19 infection. An early prediction of AKI can be helpful for the optimisation of therapeutic management to improve patient outcome and for the triage of patients. The aim of this observational study is to evaluate whether the biomarker [TIMP- 2]*[IGFBP7] can predict the occurrence of AKI in critically ill patients suffering from SARS-CoV2 associated acute respiratory distress syndrome.

This study proposes to perform a pilot observational study looking at the doses of propofol used for the induction of general anesthesia and its association with the development of hypotension and AKI among elderly patients at YNHH.