Search results for "Kidney injury"
COVID-19 and obesity, AKI, DKA, antibiotics, symptom checkers, hospital prep
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) were worse with COVID-19, antibiotics were overused, and an online symptom checker didn't triage safely, but most hospitals had enough ICU beds and preprocedural COVID-19 testing showed that vaccinations reduced asymptomatic infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/03/17/1.htm
17 Mar 2021
No association between contrast use and AKI seen in critically ill patients with normal kidney function
Acute kidney injury (AKI) was significantly associated with clinical factors, such as sepsis, metabolic disorders, and severity of illness, but not the use of IV contrast, according to a propensity-matched analysis of ICU patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/11/06/3.htm
6 Nov 2019
Adverse effects of antibiotics compared for patients hospitalized with infection
A randomized clinical trial at one academic medical center in the U.S. found that piperacillin-tazobactam and cefepime carried similar risk of acute kidney injury but cefepime was associated with more neurological dysfunction.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2023/10/18/adverse-effects-of-antibiotics-compared-for-patients-hospitalized-with-infection.htm
18 Oct 2023
Test yourself: Acute kidney injury
The following cases and commentary, which address acute kidney injury, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/05/ty.htm
15 May 2010
Diets, contrast injuries, and more
Research summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2021/01/recent-research.htm
15 Jan 2021
Mixed findings on remdesivir for COVID-19, news on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
Among other news this week, the NIH and the WHO released results from remdesivir trials, more negative findings were published for hydroxychloroquine, and ACP and Annals of Internal Medicine held a vaccine forum featuring Anthony S. Fauci, MD, MACP, and other experts.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2020/10/21/1.htm
21 Oct 2020
Neither rate nor type of fluid resuscitation affected outcomes in ICU patients, trial finds
A balanced solution was compared to a 0.9% saline solution in a large trial in Brazilian ICUs that also randomized the same patients to undergo fluid challenges at rates of either 333 mL/h or 999 mL/h.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2021/08/18/2.htm
18 Aug 2021
Contrast-induced acute kidney injury
Experts offer advice on managing the third leading cause of hospital-acquired acute renal failure.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2014/12/aki.htm
15 Dec 2014
January 2020
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2020/01/
New method and lower dosing of vancomycin could treat MRSA with reduced AKI
Achieving typical area under the curve to minimum inhibitory concentrations of vancomycin was not associated with a lower rate of treatment failure but was associated with increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI), a study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2019/06/12/3.htm
12 Jun 2019