Postoperative acute kidney injury (PO-AKI) is a common complication of major surgery that
is strongly associated with short-term surgical complications and long-term adverse …

BACKGROUND When considering whether a patient is fit for surgery, a comprehensive
patient assessment represents the first step for an anaesthetist to evaluate the risks …

Importance In the last decade, new biomarkers for acute kidney injury (AKI) have been
identified and studied in clinical trials. Guidance is needed regarding how best to …

Acute kidney injury (AKI) is emerging as a complication of increasing clinical importance
associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in African children with severe malaria …

Objectives Acute kidney injury (AKI) is increasingly recognized as a source of poor patient
outcomes after cardiac surgery. The purpose of the present report is to provide perioperative …

Proteinuria is an important sign of kidney diseases. Different protein patterns in urine
associated with glomerular, tubular and overload proteinuria may be differentiated using the …

This study aimed to investigate the association of localized periodontitis with proteinuria in
1281 military young adults in Taiwan. Localized periodontitis was classified as …

Critically ill patients with preexisting kidney dysfunction (PKD) are at high risk for acute
kidney injury (AKI). Nevertheless, there is no criteria for screening and classifying AKI in …

Background Little is known about the association between intra-operative fluid balance (IFB)
and post-operative acute kidney injury (AKI) in non-cardiac surgery. Methods This is a …

Objective Preoperative assessment is important for neurosurgical risk stratification, but the
level of evidence for individual screening tests is low. In preoperative urinalysis (UA), testing …