Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a reputed risk factor for development of acute kidney injury (AKI) during hospitalization. This concept is based on studies in which baseline kidney function was ...

[11] Because the elderly are more vulnerable to drug-induced AKI and usually have poor renal recovery, [14,15] AKI during anti-TB treatment may be more common and serious in Taiwan, where more ...

Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI) occurs in ≥50% of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) 2. At Alexion ...