Active clinical trials for "Acute Kidney Injury"

The purpose of this study is to compare citrate regional anticoagulation with systemic heparinization in continuous venovenous hemofiltration. The investigators' hypothesis is, that regional citrate anticoagulation with replacement solution containing trisodium citrate, will be associated with lower mortality and less bleeding complications compared to heparin, with also a better filter survival.

The purpose of the study is to compare the effect of fenoldopam and ketanserin on kidney function preservation in patients at high risk for renal failure after cardiac surgery. Acute, oliguric renal failure develops in up to 2% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Some of them require renal replacement therapy and despite that mortality in this group exceeds 30-60%. The investigators await that the use of fenoldopam and/or ketanserin may decrease the rate of severe renal failure.

Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), an acute kidney injury resulting from the administration of intravascular iodinated contrast media, is an important cause of morbidity/mortality following coronary angiographic procedures in high-risk patients. Despite preventative measures intended to mitigate the risk of CIN, there remains a need for an effective intervention. Dietary inorganic nitrate therapy, which through its chemical reduction in the body delivers nitric oxide has shown promise in attenuating CIN, but its effectiveness in preserving long-term renal function is unknown.

The aim of this study is to evaluate whether the application of glutamine versus control in patients with high risk for AKI identified by biomarkers can reduce kidney damage after cardiac surgery.

The aim of this randomized trial was to assess the efficacy of oral midodrine tablets for the management of intradialytic hypotension among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury.

The high chloride content of 0.9%sodium chloride (0.9%NaCl) leads to adverse pathophysiological effects in both animals and healthy human volunteers. Small randomized trials confirm that the hyperchloremic acidosis induced by 0.9%NaCl also occurs in patients. A strong signal is emerging from recent large propensity-matched and cohort studies for the adverse effects that 0.9% NaCl has on the clinical outcome in surgical and critically ill patients when compared with balanced crystalloids. Major complications are the increased incidences of acute kidney injury and the need for renal replacement therapy, and that pathological hyperchloremia may increase postoperative mortality. Fluid resuscitation with 0.9% NaCl in animals with sepsis resulted in hyperchloremic metabolic acidosis, worsened AKI, and increased mortality when compared with resuscitation with a balanced crystalloid solution. Furthermore, hyperchloremic acidosis also resulted in increased concentrations of circulating inflammatory mediators in an experimental model of severe sepsis in rats, with a dose-dependent increase in circulating interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-a, and interleukin-10 concentrations with increasing acidosis. Thus, in this study, investigators compared the effects of a balanced crystalloid solution with 0.9% NaCl on the renal function in severe sepsis/septic shock patients. Investigators hypothesized that balanced crystalloid solution resuscitation would decrease AKI incidence and severity and would improve immunomodulatory effect when compared with 0.9% NaCl resuscitation.

We want to measure the amount of a hormone called renin in people's bodies before and after they have major abdominal surgery. We want to see if changes in renin levels are connected to problems with blood flow, unstable blood pressure, and kidney damage after surgery.

This study evaluates RMC-035 compared to placebo for the prevention of acute kidney injury (AKI) in subjects who are at high risk for AKI following cardiac surgery. Half of the subjects will receive RMC-035 and the other half will receive placebo.

Detection the relationship between preoperative ionized magnesium levels and the risk of acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.

The new adsorbing membrane for continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), oXiris, can reduce plasma cytokines and endotoxins in septic shock patients with severe acute kidney injury, compared with standard membranes. However, its hemodynamic stability or benefits have not been thoroughly evaluated although this is reasonable.