Kidney failure symptoms may begin so gradually that you don't really notice swelling, joint pain, or changes in how you urinate (pee). Or, you may think that itchy skin and other signs are due to ...

Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure, is when the kidneys are suddenly unable to filter waste products from the blood. This condition can develop slowly or quickly, and ...

X-ray of human kidneys. Hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) followed by acute kidney disease (AKD) have a higher risk for long-term mortality compared with those who experience AKD ...

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A groundbreaking discovery offers hope for reversing kidney damage, challenging the notion that it's irreversible. Researchers found that blocking ceramides, fats linked to kidney cell injury, ...

New guidance from the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) addresses needed improvements in providing appropriate care to patients discharged after experiencing acute kidney injury requiring ...

Overall, the reviewers wrote, most IBD therapies “appear safe and effective when used in chronic kidney disease, including on ...

AKI or acute kidney injury is a complex clinical disorder frequently seen in hospitalized critically ill patients. 1 It is defined as a functional or structural kidney abnormality in which a patient ...