ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY: PRESENT AND FUTURE NARRATIVE REVIEW
ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY: PRESENT AND FUTURE NARRATIVE REVIEW
Author(s): Romeo POPA, Magdalena DIACONU, Cristian Georgescu, Natalia Gutareva, Marilena Monica TANTU, Valentin CIRLIG, Ciprian Marius VĂRUT, Radu LUCRETIU, Cristina Ene, Daniel Cosmin Caragea, Flaviu TABARAN, Mara AURORI, Andrei Răzvan CODEASubject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; BIOMARKERS; PENTOXIFILINE; NEPHROTOXICS; SARS COV-2;
Summary/Abstract: ACUTE RENAL INJURY (AKI) IS A CLINICAL SYNDROME THAT HAS MULTIPLE ETIOLOGIES AND IS CHARACTERIZED BY A DECREASE IN KIDNEY FUNCTION. AKI IS A FAIRLY COMMON DIAGNOSIS IN HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS, WITH AN INCREASING INCIDENCE IN RECENT DECADES, BEING ASSOCIATED WITH LOW OUTCOMES AND HIGH HOSPITALIZATION COSTS. GIVEN THE STEADY PROGRESS OF THE LAST DECADE IN THIS REVIEW, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSS THE EVOLUTION OVER TIME OF THE AKI DEFINITION, CLASSIFICATION, NEW METHODS OF DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.
Journal: Research and Science Today
- Issue Year: 22/2021
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 139-156
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
