Recently published papers: Acute kidney injury - diagnosis and treatment.
When faced with the management of the patient on intensive care with acute kidney injury, the clinician has various choices to consider. The conventional therapy, where appropriate, is renal replacement therapy. This technique used to be relatively straightforward but now a relative feast of alternatives is available, not least in choice of buffer and anticoagulant. Two recent studies add to the growing body of literature concerning alternative anticoagulant regimes, and one in particular should lead to a change in practice for many of us. We also review some new studies on biomarkers in the diagnosis of acute kidney injury as well as add yet another nail in the coffin for loop diuretics in the therapy of acute kidney injury.
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Jasmine B L
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Department of Critical Care, Western Sussex Hospitals Trust, Lyndhurst Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2DH, UK.
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Lui G
LG
D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015415:Biomarkers; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D012196:Review Literature as Topic; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use
D000925:Anticoagulants; D015415:Biomarkers; D049994:Sodium Potassium Chloride Symporter Inhibitors