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Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Nick Cannon Named Honorary National Chair of NKF Kidney Walk Program

NEW YORK—Award winning actor, comedian and host of NBC-TV’s top rated “America’s Got Talent,” was named honorary national chair of the National Kidney Foundation’s (NKF) Kidney Walk program, kicking off this March. More than 100 events are held around the country, drawing ...More
4 weeks ago
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World Kidney Day Spotlights Acute Kidney Injury

William Clark, MD, vice president of Medical Strategy and Therapy Development for Gambro Renal Products discussed some important issues of acute kidney injury (AKI) and how this years World Kidney Day was focused on AKI. ...More
March 19, 2013
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NIH Highlights Lifelong Impact of AKI

Bethesda, Md.—In observance of World Kidney Day on March 14, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is raising awareness of the long-term effects of acute kidney injury (AKI)—a sudden loss of kidney function. Research funded by the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and ...More
March 13, 2013
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Potential Early Indicator of Kidney Injury Identified

AUGUSTA, Ga.—A guidance cue that helps kidneys form may also be a red flag that they are in danger, researchers report. ...More
March 12, 2013
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Intravenous Fluid Associated with Increased Risk of Death, AKI

CHICAGO – In an analysis of studies that examined critically ill patients requiring an increase in blood fluid volume, intravenous use of the fluid hydroxyethyl starch, compared with other resuscitation solutions, was not associated with decreased mortality, according to an ...More
February 20, 2013
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Synthetic Marijuana Dangerous for Kidneys

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) nephrologists have reported for the first time in medical literature cases of acute kidney injury (AKI) directly linked with synthetic marijuana use. The case studies are reported online in the Clinical Journal of ...More
February 11, 2013
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Same Day Angiography, Cardiac Surgery Confirmed as Risk for AKI

CHICAGO—Performing heart surgery on the same day as angiography is now confirmed as a risk factor for acute kidney injury (AKI), and hospital policy limiting the practice for elective cardiac surgery has significantly reduced the rate of AKI, according to a study published ...More
January 31, 2013
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Severe Acute Kidney Injuries Rise Rapidly Nationwide

SAN FRANCISCO—Severe acute kidney injuries (AKI's) are becoming more common in the United States, rising 10 percent per year and doubling over the last decade, according to a retrospective study at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). ...More
December 7, 2012
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CMS Clarifies Position on Outpatient Dialysis for AKI Patients

PHILADELPHIA—The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) President Katrina Russell and other kidney care providers participated in a conference call with officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to discuss an ongoing issue impacting care ...More
November 29, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation
NRAA Requests Meeting with CMS on Reimbursement for AKI Patients

BALTIMORE—The National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA) has submitted a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) stating their concerns for reimbursement of dialysis services patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) receive. ...More
September 18, 2012
Posted in News, Government & Regulation, Practice Management