Active clinical trials for "Renal Insufficiency"

Kidney transplantation from living donors has been shown to carry many benefits over deceased donor transplantation. Because of benefits such as shorter waiting times and improved outcome for transplant recipients, living kidney donation accounts for an increasing number of kidney transplants nationwide. Most published studies about living kidney donation demonstrate that the procedure is safe, but they also emphasize concerns that long-term data on live donor outcomes are insufficient. In particular, data concerning the extent of renal function decline after donation are inadequate. This study will measure glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in previous living donors and aims to more accurately describe renal function after kidney donation.

The prevalence of chronic kidney injury (CKD) following cardiac surgery during childhood is not known, but there is evidence of CKD in young adults. In the present study assumption is made that CKD can already by diagnosed in patients at or just before adolescence, and the aim is calculate its prevalence according to the KDIGO criteria by a cross-sectional study, which will enroll patients aged 10 to 15 years. The second hypothesis is that events occurring peri-operatively during initial surgery or during follow-up could by chart review and regression analysis.

Renal colic is usually caused from an obstructing stone along the ureter. Some of the patients present with a high level of creatinin in the blood, even though there is a normal functioning contralateral kidney. Furthermore creatinin is not an ideal marker for renal function during acute changes. Several works have shown that modern urinary markers such as NGAL (neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin), KIM-1 (Kidney Injury Molecule-1) and others rise earlier and are much more sensitive for kidney insult. There is a lack of research on their role in acute kidney obstruction

The objectives of the data search is to find out if there is correlation between pre, post serum sodium concentration, dialysate sodium concentration, interdialytic weight gain and associated changes in pre and post systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, number of blood pressure medications and adherence to 3 times per week dialysis, mortality.

Preeclampsia (Pre-E) is a hypertensive disease of pregnancy with multi-system involvement that usually occurs in the second half of pregnancy. Pre-E occurs in 5% to 7% of U.S. pregnancies, and is the third-leading cause of U.S. maternal death. Improvements to the current diagnostic paradigm have been evaluated. However, no stand-alone diagnostic method has emerged that more accurately identifies women at risk for preeclampsia, warranting improvements in diagnosing Pre-E. This sample collection study will obtain serum and urine samples from pregnant women who present with clinical signs, symptoms, or conditions contributing to the suspicion of Pre-E. Samples will be used to evaluate and validate the performance of an assay intended to aid in assessing the risk of Pre-E.

The patient subjected to hemodialysis has a low physical capacity due to being advanced in years and the complexity of the process, which is encouraged by family members and caregivers who lead them to a total dependence. The Intradialytic physical exercise is presented as an alternative to counteract this functional deterioration of patients with terminal chronic kidney failure.

Transient renal insufficiency is frequently observed in the course of cardiovascular arrest. Although elevation of creatinine is reversible in a large majority of cases, severe renal insufficiency is sometimes observed and is associated with a dark prognosis. Any intervention that may limit the worsening of renal function may have an impact on patient mortality. There is currently no validated pharmacological treatment to limit the progression of ARI or to accelerate its recovery. A major challenge then concerns the detection of the reversible character of renal damage. Renal biomarkers have been little studied in the prediction of severe ARI and mortality after cardiac arrest. The combination of TIMP2 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP7) in urine showed good diagnostic performance in the early detection of the risk of developing acute renal failure within 12 hours. Measured in the urine, the excretion of these two markers specifically reflects renal tubular lesions. Moreover, their rate seems to be strongly correlated with the severity of the tubular lesions. Thus, it can be reasonably assumed that their very early dosing in post-cardiac arrest could detect the presence and severity of renal tubular lesions. A threshold to be defined would discriminate patients at risk of developing an ARI within 48 hours post ACR and to distinguish between severe transient and severe persistent lesions beyond 72 hours.

The purpose of this study is to find out whether acute renal failure is associated with BK virus reactivation in postoperative/posttraumatic critically ill patients with severe SIRS/sepsis and shock.

ARF is a frequent event after hepatic resection and therefore clinically highly relevant. There is limited evidence on the incidence of postoperative ARF and its clinical relevance in patients undergoing liver resection. This study will evaluate the incidence of acute renal failure (ARF) after liver resection and its impact on postoperative mortality.

The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between novel blood tests for heart function (including hormones and heart enzymes measured in the blood), and assess for kidney damage before and after angiography (cardiac catheterization). We hypothesize that these novel tests will enable us to predict possible complications of catheterization immediately after the procedure.