Claudio Ronco

Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury

Acute Renal Failure in Critically Ill Patients<SUBTITLE>A Multinational, Multicenter Study</SUBTITLE>

In this multinational study, the period prevalence of ARF requiring RRT in the ICU was between 5% and 6% and was associated with a high hospital mortality rate.

Acute renal failure – definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group

Abstract Introduction There is no consensus definition of acute renal failure (ARF) in critically ill patients. More than 30 different definitions have been used in the literatu...

The pathogenesis of septic acute renal failure

This review suggests that, on the evidence available, septic acute renal failure is more likely to be an immune or toxic state rather than simply a hemodynamic condition. The au...

Cardiorenal Syndrome: Classification, Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Cardiorenal syndrome encompasses a spectrum of disorders involving both the heart and kidneys in which acute or chronic dysfunction in 1 organ may induce acute or chronic dysfun...

Acute kidney injury

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is defined by a rapid increase in serum creatinine, decrease in urine output, or both. AKI occurs in approximately 10-15% of patients admitted to hospi...

Renal Replacement Therapies for Prevention of Radiocontrast-induced Nephropathy: A Systematic Review

The first international consensus conference on continuous renal replacement therapy

Consensus development in acute renal failure: the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative

Broad consensus in the diagnosis and management of acute renal failure and in the use of blood purification in nonrenal critical illness is achievable. Standardization of defini...

Primary prevention of acute renal failure in the critically ill

The best evidence suggests that nonpharmacologic strategies are more effective than drugs in reducing the risk of acute renal failure. Evidence also exists that strategies that ...

Effects of different doses in continuous veno-venous haemofiltration on outcomes of acute renal failure: a prospective randomised trial

Acute renal failure: time for consensus

Acute kidney injury

Harmonizing acute and chronic kidney disease definition and classification: report of a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Consensus Conference

Oliguria, Creatinine and Other Biomarkers of Acute Kidney Injury

Acute kidney injury (AKI) and fluid overload are conditions that require an early diagnosis and a prompt intervention. The recognition of these pathologic conditions is possible...