Transient Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) is common following significant kidney hypoperfusion

• Main Authors: Md Ralib, Azrina, Pickering, John W., Shaw, Geoffrey M., Thann, Martin, Endre, Zoltan H.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37396/1/9._Nephrology_ANZSN_2012_T-AKI.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37396/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1440-1797
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Aim: To investigate transient early acute kidney injury (AKI) that occur in high risk patients. Background: Cardiac arrest resulted in interruption of renal blood flow to end organ including the kidney. AKI was reported to occur in up to 49% of patients following cardiac arrest. Several studies...